"Maria Katharina Prestel (22 July 1747 – 16 March 1794) née Maria Katharina Höll, was an engraver and painter from Nuremberg, and active in London.
Prestel was born in Nuremberg where she became a pupil of Johann Gottlieb Prestel. She married Prestel in 1769 but the couple separated in 1786, at which point she moved to London with her daughter Ursula Magdalena Prestel. There she worked for John Boydell making aquatints.Her painting Gypsies on a Common was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.
Prestel died in Greater London." - (en.wikipedia.org 01.02.2020)
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