"Franz Burchard Dörbeck (21 February [O.S. 10] 1799 in Fellin – 2 October [O.S. 20 September] 1835 in Fellin) was a Baltic German graphic artist and caricaturist born in Fellin ...
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(now Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonia) in what was then the Governorate of Livonia
From 1814 to 1816 Dörbeck studied engraving with Fritz Neyer in St. Petersburg. After the early death of his first wife Dörbeck moved to Riga where he was active from 1820 as a portrait artist. In 1823 Dörbeck moved to Berlin Germany where he continued as a graphic artist and book illustrator. He gained fame with his caricatures published in newspapers. Dörbeck died in 1835 in Viljandi." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.10.2019)
