Aikman, George

Astronomical instruments, sundials, mining machinery and anatomy diagrams make George Aikman's prints an absorbing record of...

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Astronomical instruments, sundials, mining machinery and anatomy diagrams make George Aikman's prints an absorbing record of the explanatory images of reference publishing. Born in Edinburgh in 1830, Aikman trained in his father's engraving business, whose work included illustrations for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and he later also painted. The sheets here, dated 1860 to 1898 and drawn from Victorian encyclopaedic publishing, also cover acoustics, farm-building plans and architectural details, with plants and animals, geographical maps and harbour plans.

Astronomical instruments, sundials, mining machinery and anatomy diagrams make George Aikman's prints an absorbing record of the explanatory images of reference publishing. Born in Edinburgh in 1830, Aikman trained in his father's engraving business, whose work included illustrations for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and he later also painted. The sheets here, dated 1860 to 1898 and drawn from Victorian encyclopaedic publishing, also cover acoustics, farm-building plans and architectural details, with plants and animals, geographical maps and harbour plans.

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