Benazech, Peter, 1730?-1798

found: A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called the Topan Sea, 1761:print, recto (engraved by Peter Benazech)

found: A south west view of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe, 1762:print, recto (engraved by P. Benazech)

found: Oxford DNB online, 11 Feb. 2014(Peter Paul Benazech, engraver and watercolour painter, is said to have been born in England; in 1746 he was apprenticed to the landscape engraver Francis Vivares and continued to work for Vivares after the expiration of his apprenticeship; after further training in Paris he worked both in that city and in London as a draughtsman and engraver; his engravings consisted chiefly of landscapes and marine subjects; he also worked for other printsellers, notably Thomas Jefferys; his last dated plate was "The Tomb of Vergil" engraved in 1783; he died in Exeter between 23 November and 4 December 1798)

found: Benezit. Dictionary of artists, 2006(Peter Paul Benazech; British; born c. 1730, died after 1783; draughtsman, engraver (incl. etching); studied under F. Vivares; worked in London and Paris)