Hall was born on May 11, 1808 in London. He was an apprentices with engravers Benjamin Smith and Henry Meyer. While still in London, he completed a portrait of Napoleon III.
Careeredit
Hall left England for the United States, and arrived in New York City in 1850, where he founded the firm of H. B. Hall and Sons. The firm flourished, engraving and publishing portraits. Hall produced images of celebrities from both the American colonial and revolutionary-era for a private club in New York City and for Philadelphia collectors. Hall's talents extended to portrait painting, including ivory miniatures.
Hall produced plates for Ryall's Eminent Conservative Statesmen (1837–1838) and assisted in the engraving of 70 portraits for Ryall's plate of The Coronation of Queen Victoria after George Hayter (1838–1842).
Hall also engraved portraits of English Protestant martyrs for C. Birch (1839) and provided plates for John Wilson and Robert Chambers's The Land of Burns (1840), Finden's Gallery of Beauty (1841), John William Carleton's Sporting Sketch-Book (1842), and John Kitto's Gallery of Scripture Engravings (1846–1849).
Personal lifeedit
Hall and Mary A. Denison had eight children, including four sons and four daughters. Of the eight, Alfred, Alice, Charles, and Henry, also became accomplished engravers. Henry also fought in the American Civil War. Some engravings depicting American military and political celebrities are not definitively established as being completed by the father or son.[1][2][unreliable source?]
henry, bryan, hall, 1808, april, 1884, english, stipple, engraver, portrait, painter, hall, lithograph, washington, henry, pendleton, going, first, congress, depicting, george, washington, patrick, henry, edmund, pendleton, traveling, first, continental, congr. Henry Bryan Hall May 11 1808 April 25 1884 was an English stipple engraver and portrait painter Hall s lithograph Washington Henry amp Pendleton going to the First Congress depicting George Washington Patrick Henry and Edmund Pendleton traveling to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774A portrait based on Hall s 1839 engraving of John Hooper an Anglican bishop in Great Britain and proponent of the Protestant Reformation Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Death 5 Bibliography 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education edit nbsp Hall s engraving of American Founding Father Benjamin FranklinHall was born on May 11 1808 in London He was an apprentices with engravers Benjamin Smith and Henry Meyer While still in London he completed a portrait of Napoleon III Career editHall left England for the United States and arrived in New York City in 1850 where he founded the firm of H B Hall and Sons The firm flourished engraving and publishing portraits Hall produced images of celebrities from both the American colonial and revolutionary era for a private club in New York City and for Philadelphia collectors Hall s talents extended to portrait painting including ivory miniatures He completed portraits of Thomas Sully and Charles Loring Elliott and later worked for Henry Thomas Ryall who was designated Portrait and Historical Engraver to Her Majesty Queen Victoria Hall produced plates for Ryall s Eminent Conservative Statesmen 1837 1838 and assisted in the engraving of 70 portraits for Ryall s plate of The Coronation of Queen Victoria after George Hayter 1838 1842 Hall also engraved portraits of English Protestant martyrs for C Birch 1839 and provided plates for John Wilson and Robert Chambers s The Land of Burns 1840 Finden s Gallery of Beauty 1841 John William Carleton s Sporting Sketch Book 1842 and John Kitto s Gallery of Scripture Engravings 1846 1849 Personal life editHall and Mary A Denison had eight children including four sons and four daughters Of the eight Alfred Alice Charles and Henry also became accomplished engravers Henry also fought in the American Civil War Some engravings depicting American military and political celebrities are not definitively established as being completed by the father or son 1 2 unreliable source Death editHall died April 25 1884 in Morrisania New York Bibliography editEngen Rodney K Dictionary of Victorian Engravers Print Publishers and their Works Cambridge Chadwyck Healey c1979 Fielding Mantle Dictionary of American Painters Sculptors amp Engravers 2nd newly rev enl and updated edn ed Glenn B Opitz Poughkeepsie NY Apollo 1986 Hunnisett Basil A Dictionary of British Steel Engravers Leigh on Sea F Lewis 1980 Stauffer David McNeely and Mantle Fielding American Engravers upon Copper and Steel New York Franklin 1964 3 References edit Do You Remember YourNabe com January 14 2010 Archived from the original on July 21 2011 Message Boards ancestry com Henry Bryan Hall 1808 84 www walterscott lib ed ac uk Retrieved 8 June 2020 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Henry Bryan Hall Sr Henry Bryan Hall at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Bryan Hall amp oldid 1199127924, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
