Joseph Strutt (engraver and antiquary)

Joseph Strutt
Frontispiece from the 1802 edition of Strutt's 1801 book The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period
Born27 October 1749
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Died16 October 1802 (1802-10-17) (aged 52)
NationalityEnglish
Known forEngraver, antiquary, artist, writer
Edward I seated on his throne (drawn and engraved by Strutt, 1773)

Joseph Strutt (27 October 1749 – 16 October 1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary, and writer. He is today most significant as the earliest and "most important single figure in the investigation of the costume of the past", making him "an influential but totally neglected figure in the history of art in Britain", according to Sir Roy Strong.[1]

  1. ^ Strong, 50; see pp. 50–54 also