Louis Alexander Fagan

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Nationality Italian/British Name Louis Fagan		Role Writer Employer British Museum

Born 7 February 1845 Naples, Italy Died January 5, 1903, Florence, Italy Books The Art of Michel' Angelo B, An easy walk through t, The Life of Sir Anthony Panizzi - K, Collectors' Marks, Angelo

Louis Alexander Fagan (7 February 1845 – 5 January 1903) was an Anglo-Italian writer. He worked in the Department of Prints and Drawings for the British Museum from 1869 to 1894.

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Biography

Louis Alexander Fagan was born in 1845 in Naples, Italy. His grandfather was Robert Fagan

He was the Keeper of Engravings at the British Museum from 1869 to 1894. In 1876 he wrote The Handbook to the Department

On 5 January 1903, he died in Florence.

Family

On 8 November 1887, He married Caroline Frances Purves.

Works

British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings, Handbook to the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum (1876)

The life and correspondence of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K. C. B., late principal librarian of the British museum, senator of Italy, etc. (1881) in 2 vols. v.1 v.2

The Masters of Raffaello (1882)

Collector's marks (1883)

The Art of Michel'Angelo Buonarroti … in the British Museum (1883)

Raffaello Sanzio, his sonnet in the British museum: studied (1884)

A catalogue raisonné of the engraved works of William Woollett (1885)

1836-1886. The Reform club: its founders and architect (1887)

The Engraved Works of William Faithorne (1888)

Mezzotint Engravings Relating to Ireland or to Irish Artists (1888)

An easy walk through the British museum, or, How to see it in a few hours (1891)

History of engraving in England, illustr. by 100 typical examples reprod. from rare prints in the British museum (1893)

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