Henry Moses (8 May 1781 – 28 February 1870) was an English engraver. He was born at Marylebone and died at Cowley, Middlesex.[1]

Works

Moses was one of the engravers employed on the official publication Ancient Marbles in the British Museum, 1812–1845. Other works included:[1]

The Decision of the Flower by Henry Moses after Moritz Retzsch, illustration to Goethe's Faust I

Moses contributed many of the illustrations to James Hakewill's Tour of Italy, 1820, and Woburn Abbey Marbles, 1822. He etched from his own designs Picturesque Views of Ramsgate, 23 plates, 1817; Sketches of Shipping and Marine Sketch Book, 1824 (reissued by Ackermann, 1837); and Visit of William IV, when Duke of Clarence, to Portsmouth in 1827, 17 plates, 1830. Moses's final work was a set of twenty-two illustrations to Pilgrim's Progress, after Henry Courtney Selous, executed for the Art Union of London, 1844.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Moses, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ Peltz, Lucy. "Hope, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19394. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainLee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Moses, Henry". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.