Louis Alexander Fagan

Louis Alexander Fagan was born in 1845 in Naples, Italy. His grandfather was Robert Fagan[1]

He was the Keeper of Engravings at the British Museum from 1869 to 1894. In 1876 he wrote The Handbook to the Department[1]

On 5 January 1903, he died in Florence.[2]

On 8 November 1887, he married Caroline Frances Purves.[2]

• British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings, Handbook to the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum (1876)
• The life and correspondence of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K. C. B., late principal librarian of the British museum, senator of Italy, etc. (1881)[3] in 2 vols. v.1 v.2
• The Masters of Raffaello (1882)
• Collector's marks (1883)
• The Art of Michel'Angelo Buonarroti … in the British Museum (1883)
• Raffaello Sanzio, his sonnet in the British museum: studied (1884)
• A catalogue raisonné of the engraved works of William Woollett (1885)
• 1836-1886. The Reform club: its founders and architect (1887)
• The Engraved Works of William Faithorne (1888)
• Mezzotint Engravings Relating to Ireland or to Irish Artists (1888)
• An easy walk through the British museum, or, How to see it in a few hours (1891)
• History of engraving in England, illustr. by 100 typical examples reprod. from rare prints in the British museum (1893)

• Parker, Daniel. "Fagan, Louis Alexander (1845–1903)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33066. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

• Works by Louis Fagan at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Louis Alexander Fagan at Internet Archive