Michael Burghers

Michael Burghers (b. c.1647/8 – 1727) was a Dutch illustrator and artist of the 17th century, who spent most of his career in England.

He was commissioned to create maps, estate plans, and illustrations of stately houses, by the English aristocracy.

Michael Burghers was a Dutch engraver, who settled in England on the taking of Utrecht by Louis XIV.

[1] He was the author of a book, Ancient Mysteries Described, which was reprinted into the early 19th century.

[2] Strutt thought that Burghers' best plates were his copies after Claude Mellan, and his topographical work, much of it for the antiquary Thomas Hearne.