Albert Henry Payne
Albert Henry Payne (1812 – 1902) was an English steel engraver, painter and illustrator. Though English by birth, he lived and worked in Leipzig from 1839 onward. He made steel engravings from the 1830s onwards that served a growing market for "penny prints" sold to tourists of views of popular German destinations.
Also recorded as Albert Heinrich Payne · A. H. Payne
Albert Henry Payne
Adolf Eltzner · Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig, Inv. 75 E · Public domain
- Occupation
- engraver, painter and illustrator
- Born
- 1812. · London.
- Died
- 1902. · Leipzig.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Languages
- English and German.
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Albert Henry Payne (1812 – 1902) was an English steel engraver, painter and illustrator. Though English by birth, he lived and worked in Leipzig from 1839 onward. He made steel engravings from the 1830s onwards that served a growing market for "penny prints" sold to tourists of views of popular German destinations.
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He is best known today for his 1840s engravings after paintings in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister that were described in German essays by Adolph Görling. Payne later published an illustrated bundle of these German essays in 1848 and then published them again in English under the title Royal Dresden Gallery: being a selection of subjects engraved after pictures by the great masters. The book was quite popular and an 1867 edition was published in New York City by D. Appleton & Co. • Illustration — Scenes of Aachen, 1850 • Illustration — 1840s engraving after Gerard Dou • Illustration — Modern photo of the same painting
The recorded working language is English and German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leipzig and London. Work by Albert Henry Payne is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, National Library of Wales, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Yale Center for British Art.
Johann Sebastian Bach und Altes Bach-Denkmal Leipzig. Lithografie, Albert Henry Payne, um 1850
Albert Henry Payne (1812–1902)
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• Citizenship — British • Occupation — engraver, painter and illustrator
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1812
Albert Henry Payne born at London.
1902
Albert Henry Payne died at Leipzig.
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Art Institute of Chicago, National Library of Wales, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and National Museum Paleis het Loo
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