W. H. Prior
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William Henry Prior was a British painter and engraver known for his depictions of London and its environs. He provided sketches for the Environs of London, and worked for Charles Knight and Henry Viz
Dover Harbour in 1855, by W.H. Prior, oil on canvas.
The Swan with Two Necks by W.H. Prior, Old and New London, Illustrated, Vol. 1 by Walter Thornbury.
Old Bethlem Hospital, Moorfields, about 1750. Coloured wood engraving by W. H. Prior after an earlier engraving.
Henry Vizetelly
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Henry Richard Vizetelly was a British publisher and writer. He started the publications Pictorial Times and Illustrated Times, wrote several books while working in Paris and Berlin as correspondent fo
W. H. Prior
…Hammersmith. He was still there in 1881, noted as living in Masbro Road west. Prior was a follower of Thomas Bewick's pupil William Harvey. He trained at Henry Vizetelly's (1820–1894) wood-engraving establishment with Francis Danby (landscape), W. H. Thwaites (figures), R. Hind (figures), and Martin, son of John Martin…
A photograph of Vizetelly in 1863