caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
'' gypsies on a common '' 16 march 1794 greater london nuremberg 22 july 1747 maria katharina prestel
 maria katharina prestel painter engraver
maria katharina prestel

maria katharina prestel -lrb- 22 july 1747 -- 16 march 1794 -rrb- was a painter and engraver from nuremberg , active in london .
prestel was born in nuremberg where she became a pupil of johann gottlieb prestel .
she married him in 1772 but the couple separated when she moved to london in 1786 .
there she worked for john boydell making aquatints .
her painting `` gypsies on a common '' was included in the 1905 book `` women painters of the world '' .
prestel died in greater london .
