Simon Fokke holding one of his engravings, (by
John Greenwood after a portrait by
Jacobus Buys)Engraving made by Simon Fokke: The Shipwreck.[1]
Simon Fokke (1712–1784) was a Dutch designer,
etcher, and
engraver. Born in
Amsterdam, he was a pupil of
J. C. Philips, and was chiefly employed by booksellers to engrave small portraits and vignettes. He died in Amsterdam in 1784. His works include:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Bryan, Michael (1886).
"Fokke, Simon". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.