Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/June, John

by Lionel Henry Cust

JUNE, JOHN (fl. 1740–1770), engraver, is known principally as an engraver of portraits and book illustrations of little importance. There are, however, in the print room at the British Museum several interesting engravings made by him from his own drawings. Some of these are executed in a minute fashion, and others, such as ‘The Farm Yard’ and ‘The Death of the Fox,’ are engraved in a very bold style, and are of unusually great size. Another engraving of interest by June is a ‘View of Cheapside on Lord Mayor's Day, November 1761,’ made from his own drawing.

[Dodd's MS. History of English Engravers (Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 33402); MS. notes by J. H. Anderdon in Illustrated Catalogues of the Society of Artists (print room, Brit. Mus.)]

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