Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Bickham, George (d.1758)
BICKHAM, GEORGE, the younger (d. 1758), engraver, son of George Bickham (d. 1769), was one of the earliest political caricaturists, and executed many of the humorous designs published by Messrs. Bowles, He engraved 'A View and Representation of the Battle of Zenta, fought 11 Sept. 1696,' and 'The Description of the Loss of his Majesty's Ship the Northumberland, taken by the French, 8 May 1744;' also many head-pieces for songs, portraits of himself and his father, and that of Serjeant Thomas Barnardiston [q. v.] The younger Bickham was the author of 'An Introductive Essay on Drawing, with the Nature and Beauty of Light and Shadows,' &c., 1747. He died in 1758.
[Strutt's Biog. Dict. of Engravers (1786); Redgrave's Dictionary of Artists (1878); MS. notes British Museum.]