Henry Graves
(1806-1892), Printseller and fine art publisherEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 48 portraits
Henry Graves was initially employed at by the art dealer Samuel Woodburn, and later became manager of the print department of Messrs Hurst, Robinson & Co. When this firm failed in 1826, Graves purchased much of its print stock jointly with Francis Graham Moon and Thomas Boys. This new partnership became one of the three leading London printsellers, alongside Thomas McLean and Thomas Agnew, and by 1829 it was able to issue a substantial catalogue of engravings.
by Frederick Sandys
chalk, circa 1855
NPG 1774b
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG Ax5572
by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, by James Scott, by James John Chant, by Robert Graves, by Francis Holl, by Charles Henry Mottram, by Robert Bowyer Parkes, by George Sanders, by William Henry Simmons, by Edward A. Smith, by James Stephenson, by George Zobel, printed by Holdgate Brothers, after William Menzies Tweedie
mezzotint, before 1880
NPG D34971
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Betty Elzea
07 October 2017, 18:40
I would date the Sandys portrait to about 1855.
M C Allred
01 June 2020, 03:30
There are more people in your collections that should be linked to Henry Graves. Robert Graves (1798-1873), Line engraver is his brother. Robert Grave (1768-1825), Printseller is his father. Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers, was his company and should also be linked.