Engraving Copyright Act 1734
The Engraving Copyright Act 1734 or Engravers' Copyright Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain first read on 4 March 1734/35 and eventually passed on 25 June 1735 to give protections to producers of engravings. It is also called Hogarth's Act after William Hogarth, who prompted the law together with some fellow engravers. Historian Mark Rose notes, "The Act protected only those engravings that involved original designs and thus, implicitly, made a distinction between artists and mere craftsmen. Soon, however, Parliament was persuaded to extend protection to all engravings."
This Act was one of the Copyright Acts 1734 to 1888.
This Act was repealed by sections 36 and 37 of, and schedule 2 to, the Copyright Act 1911.
