Gerard Vandergucht

Gerard Vandergucht (or van der Gucht) (1696 or 1697 – 18 March 1776) was an English engraver and art dealer.

Gerard was also taught drawing by Louis Chéron, and studied at Godfrey Kneller's Great Queen Street Academy.

[2] He became a leading publisher of engraved prints and book illustrations, and taught Robert White and Francis Patton.

Vandergucht and his supporters successfully lobbied to extend copyright protection to cover all prints.

[3] He concentrated on art dealing in the last 16 years of his life, selling prints, drawings, paintings and statues.