Michael Burghers was commissioned to create maps, estate plans, and illustrations of stately houses, by the English aristocracy.
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10 Facts About Michael Burghers
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Michael Burghers lived mostly at Oxford, and on several of his plates he added Academiae Oxon.
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Michael Burghers was the author of a book, Ancient Mysteries Described, which was reprinted into the early 19th century.
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Michael Burghers worked almost wholly with the graver, in a stiff, tasteless style, without genius, or knowledge of the art of design.
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Michael Burghers's drawing, when he attempted to draw the naked figure is wholly defective.
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Michael Burghers has, though, painfully preserved many ancient reliques, the originals of which are now lost.
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From 1676 Michael Burghers engraved the plates for the Almanacks of the university.
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Michael Burghers's most esteemed prints are his antiquities, ruins of abbeys, and other curiosities.
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Michael Burghers engraved several portraits and plates for the classics.
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