Alexander Hay Ritchie

{{Short description|American engraver (1822–1895)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox artist | name = Alexander Hay Ritchie | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = January 21, 1822 | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1895|9|19|1822|1|21}} | death_place = New Haven, Connecticut, United States | known_for = Engraving | training = Sir William Allan | movement = | notable_works = ''Sherman's March to the Sea'' (1868) | patrons = | awards = | website = }} [[Image:F.O.C. Darley and Alexander Hay Ritchie - Sherman's March to the Sea.jpg|thumb|1868 engraving by Ritchie depicting Sherman's March to the Sea]]

'''Alexander Hay Ritchie''' (January 21, 1822 – September 19, 1895) was a Scottish-born American artist and engraver. He was born in Glasgow, and studied under Sir William Allan before moving to New York City in 1841. He specialised in mezzotints. {{clear}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{FadedPage|id=Ritchie, Alexander Hays|name=Alexander Hays Ritchie|author=yes}} *[http://www.bridgemanart.com/search/artist/Ritchie-Alexander-Hay-1822-1895/7799 Alexander Hay Ritchie at the Bridgeman Art Library] *[http://www.civilwar.si.edu/lincoln_first_reading.html Smithsonian Institution: engraving by Ritchie] of the first reading of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

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