Joseph Strutt (engraver and antiquary)

Joseph Strutt
Frontispiece from the 1802 edition of Strutt's 1801 book The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period
Born	27 October 1749 Chelmsford, Essex, England
Died	16 October 1802 (1802-10-17) (aged 52)
Nationality	English
Known for	Engraver, antiquary, artist, writer

Joseph Strutt (27 October 1749 – 16 October 1802) was an English engraver, artist, antiquary, and writer. He is today most significant as the earliest and "most important single figure in the investigation of the costume of the past", making him "an influential but totally neglected figure in the history of art in Britain", according to Sir Roy Strong.^[1]