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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

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Display artist/maker:

Edward Rooker

Born: 1724, UK, England, Towcester   Died: 1774, London

Topographical engraver and actor. Rooker was apprenticed to Henry Roberts in London in 1737, where he remained throughout his life. In 1766 he published six view of London after P. and T. Sandby in the manner of Piranesi which are considered to be his finest work. He worked with his son Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) on the frontispieces of the Oxford Almanack for the years 1769–75, and was a founder member of the Society of Artists. Between 1760 and 1768 he exhibited thirteen engravings at the Society of Artists. He also worked in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane for twenty-two years, and was well known as a pantomime actor

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