Campbell Dodgson

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Campbell Dodgson

1867–1948

A leading British art historian and museum curator, he helped shape the study of prints and drawings in the early 20th century. Best known for his long career at the British Museum, he also wrote widely on artists including Dürer, Rembrandt, and Whistler.

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The Etchings of Charles Meryon

by Campbell Dodgson

About the author

Born in 1867, Campbell Dodgson became an important figure in the world of art history and print scholarship. He worked in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum from 1893 and later served as Keeper from 1912 to 1932, building a reputation for deep knowledge, careful cataloguing, and a lasting influence on the study of graphic art.

Alongside his museum work, he published studies on major artists and helped make prints and drawings more accessible to scholars and general readers. His writing is especially associated with European masters such as Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt, as well as with James McNeill Whistler.

Dodgson died in 1948. He is remembered as a patient, learned curator whose work supported both the preservation of important collections and the serious study of printmaking.