John Baskerville

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John Baskerville was an 18th-century English printer and typographer renowned for his high-quality book production and the influential Baskerville typeface.

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Generate an image of John Baskerville (John Baskerville was an 18th-century English printer and typographer renowned for his high-quality book production and the influential Baskerville typeface.)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
printer ⓘ
type designer ⓘ
typographer ⓘ
basedIn Birmingham ⓘ
burialPlace Birmingham ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1706-01-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1775-01-08 ⓘ
designed Baskerville typeface ⓘ
italic typefaces ⓘ
roman typefaces ⓘ
employer self-employed ⓘ
fieldOfWork printing ⓘ
type design ⓘ
typography ⓘ
genre fine printing ⓘ
hasSignatureWork Baskerville Bible ⓘ
Baskerville Virgil ⓘ
influenced Didone typefaces ⓘ
Giambattista Bodoni ⓘ
modern serif type design ⓘ
knownFor Baskerville typeface ⓘ
linked to: John Baskerville

high-quality book production ⓘ
refined printing techniques ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
name John Baskerville ⓘ
notableWork Baskerville typeface ⓘ
linked to: Didone typefaces

edition of Virgil (1757) ⓘ
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid

folio Bible (1763) ⓘ
occupation printer ⓘ
stonecutter ⓘ
type designer ⓘ
writing master ⓘ
partner Sarah Eaves ⓘ
periodActive mid-18th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wolverley ⓘ
Worcestershire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Birmingham ⓘ
printed classical Latin texts ⓘ
literary works ⓘ
religious works ⓘ
spouse Sarah Eaves ⓘ
style transitional serif typography ⓘ
usedMaterial dark, lustrous ink ⓘ
highly polished paper ⓘ
wove paper ⓘ

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John Baskerville → knownFor → Baskerville typeface ⓘ
linked to: John Baskerville
Midlands Enlightenment → hasParticipant → John Baskerville ⓘ
Baskerville Virgil → printer → John Baskerville ⓘ
Baskerville Virgil → publisher → John Baskerville ⓘ
Baskerville Virgil → typographyDesigner → John Baskerville ⓘ
Baskerville Virgil → associatedWith → Baskerville typefoundry ⓘ
linked to: John Baskerville
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Baskerville Bible → hasCreator → John Baskerville ⓘ
Baskerville Bible → hasPrinter → John Baskerville ⓘ
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Giambattista Bodoni → influencedBy → John Baskerville ⓘ
Baskerville → designer → John Baskerville ⓘ
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Wolverley → birthplaceOf → John Baskerville ⓘ
Sarah Eaves → spouse → John Baskerville ⓘ
Sarah Eaves → partner → John Baskerville ⓘ
Sarah Eaves → employer → John Baskerville ⓘ
Sarah Eaves → relative → John Baskerville ⓘ
Sarah Eaves → notableAssociate → John Baskerville ⓘ
Baskerville’s Birmingham press → operator → John Baskerville ⓘ
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Baskerville House → namedAfter → John Baskerville ⓘ