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Aaron ARROWSMITH  -  1750-1833      

Aaron Arrowsmith

Aaron Arrowsmith 1750-1833
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Aaron Arrowsmith was an English cartographer and geographer who had founded a leading map-making and publishing house. Famous was his London Atlas. The business was continued by his sons and by his nephew John Arrowsmith (1790-1873). Aaron Arrowsmith was also a founding member of the Royal Geographic Society. The maps of Arrowsmith had an excellent reputation for their accuracy.

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs