Valentine Green (1739–1813)

• Was an English engraver and print publisher.
• Born in Salford Priors.
• Green trained under Robert Hancock, a Worcester engraver.
• In 1765, he migrated to London and began work as a mezzotint engraver.
• He began to exhibit with the Incorporated Society of Artists from 1766, became a fellow a year later and a director in 1771.
• He was appointed mezzotint engraver to the King in 1773, and the following year was elected an associate engraver with the Royal Academy.
• Throughout the 1770s and 1780s, Green's engraving practice flourished.
• In the 1790s, however, several of his international speculations failed and in 1798 he was declared bankrupt.
• In 1805, he accepted the role of keeper of the British Institution, a post he held until his death.

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