Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Lee, John (d.1804)
LEE, JOHN (d. 1804), wood-engraver, was a member of what is known as the London school of wood-engraving, which was contemporary with that of Thomas Bewick [q. v.] Lee engraved the cuts for 'The Cheap Repository,' a series of tracts printed between 1794 and 1798. The work as some merits. He engraved a part of the designs by W. M. Craig [q. v.] in 'Scripture Illustrated,' with Branston and others; and also Craig's designs for 'A Wreath for the Brow of Youth,' a reading-book composed for the Princess Charlotte of Wales. Lee died in March 1804. His son, James Lee, also practised as a wood-engraver, and some of his father's works have been credited to him. He engraved the portraits in T. C. Hansard's 'Typographia' (1825), and was largely employed on illustrated books.
[Chatto and Jackson's Hist of Wood-engraving; Redgrave's Dict. of Artists.]