1809–1854 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bartlett sketched four continents into steel engravings so popular they shaped how Victorians imagined the world.
William Henry Bartlett (26 March 1809 – 13 September 1854) was a British artist, best known for his numerous drawings rendered into steel engravings. == Biography == Bartlett was born in Kentish Town, London, England on 26 March 1809. He was apprenticed to John Britton (1771–1857), and became one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He travelled throughout Britain, and in the mid and late 1840s he travelled extensively in the Balkans and the Middle E…
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