Frederick Birnie is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Frederick Birnie’s late-eighteenth-century prints capture people and places with sharp lines and clear detail. One of them shows Tippoo, a figure from India whose story was spreading through British print shops and newspapers. The work stands out for its straightforward portrait style, typical of prints meant to inform as much as entertain.

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