Samuel Dixon (artist)

Samuel Dixon (died 1769) was an Irish artist, known for his water colour paintings and his depictions of flowers and birds in basso-relievo (embossed papier-mâché).

He advertised the first, featuring floral arrangements, in Faulkner's Dublin Journal on 26 April 1748.

The next year he followed these with a set of designs copied from volumes 1–4 of George Edward's Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743–1751).

[2] He employed a number of apprentices or pupils to hand-colour his prints, among them was Gustavus Hamilton, Daniel O'Keeffe and James Reilly.

[3] In later life he opened a shop in London and exhibited his works there, returning to Dublin in 1768.