Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt

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Llewellynn Jewitt (1816–1886) was an English antiquary, engraver and writer. Trained as a wood engraver, he worked as an illustrator in London, then served as chief librarian of the Plymouth public library before settling in Derby and later Derbyshire. In 1860 he founded The Reliquary, a quarterly journal of antiquities that he edited until his death. His books include Grave-Mounds and Their Contents, The Stately Homes of England, written with Samuel Carter Hall, and The Ceramic Art of Great Britain (1878), a history of British potteries and porcelain works built from documents, family papers and his own collection.

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