Axel Haig

Axel Haig
Born
Axel Herman Hägg

10 November 1835
Gotland, Sweden
Died23 August 1921(1921-08-23) (aged 85)
Grayswood, Surrey, England
Known forArt (drawing, etching), architecture
MovementGothic Revival

Axel Herman Haig RE (Swedish: Axel Herman Hägg; 10 November 1835 –23 August 1921) was a Swedish-born artist, illustrator and architect. His paintings, illustrations and etchings, undertaken for himself and on behalf of many of the foremost architects of the Victorian period made him "the Piranesi of the Gothic Revival."[1][2]

  1. ^ Mordaunt Crook et al. 1984, p 13
  2. ^ Jonas Gavel. "Axel Herman Hägg". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2019.