"John Chapman (active 1792-1823), Engraver
One of the most gifted stipple engravers of the late eighteenth century, relatively little is known of the life of John Chapman. ...
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He is thought to have been mostly self-taught. During his career, Chapman engraved exceptional allegorical subjects after the designs of J. Smith and Raphael Corbould. He worked closely with Thomas Macklin on his Shakespeare series; almost half of the engravings bear his name." - https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp16335/john-chapman, 22.06.2020