Peter Perez Burdett
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Peter P. Burdett (1734/5–1793) was an 18th century cartographer, surveyor, artist, and draughtsman originally from Derby[1]. Surveyed the route for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, one of the major projects of the industrial revolution, in 1769.
By 1767 he had produced a map of Derby. He produced the aquatint Two Boys Blowing a Bladder by Candle-light. [2]
He lived in Liverpool from about 1769 until 1774. Whilst in Liverpool he founded an arts academy and developed a process for transferring aquatint to pottery; it was not a success. In 1771 he produced 'A Chart for the Harbour of Liverpool’. [3] and in 1772 Survey of the County Palatine of Chester [4]. In 1774 he left Liverpool, to escape debt, and entered the service of Markgrave of Baden.[5]
He was a correspondent of Benjamin Franklin.
