ARTIST

William Henry Bartlett

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.

ABOUT

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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NOTABLE WORKS
New York from Greenwood Cemetery 1809 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Profile of a Gentleman and Portrait of an Old Woman 1810 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art John Cox 1810 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Mrs. John Cox (Mrs. Thankful Harris Gore) 1810 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gorham L. Freeman 1813 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Diligence in the Alps 1824 · Art Institute of Chicago
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