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Campbell Dodgson
1867–1948
A leading figure in the study of prints, he spent decades at the British Museum and became especially known for his expertise in German art. His work helped shape how prints and drawings were collected, catalogued, and understood in Britain.
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The Etchings of Charles Meryon
by Campbell Dodgson
About the author
Campbell Dodgson was a British art historian and museum curator, born on August 13, 1867, and best known for his long career at the British Museum. He joined the museum's Department of Prints and Drawings in 1893 and later served as Keeper of Prints and Drawings from 1912 to 1932. Sources consistently describe him as a specialist in German art, and he became an important authority on printmaking.
He is especially associated with the serious study of old master prints, including the work of Albrecht Dürer. Alongside his museum work, he also contributed to the wider world of art scholarship and print collecting, including editorial work connected with The Print Collector's Quarterly. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1939.
Dodgson died on July 11, 1948. Though not as widely remembered today as some writers and critics of his era, he played a lasting part in building the scholarly foundations for the study of prints and drawings in Britain.