Henry Noel Humphreys

Henry Noel Humphreys ( born January 4, 1810 in Birmingham, † June 10, 1879 in London) was an English writer, artist and illustrator as well as numismatists.

Humphreys was formed in part on the continent and published in 1840, after a long stay in Rome, his first work, the description of Cooke's views in Rome.

This was followed by numerous other illustrative works, such as:

  • British butterflies and Their transformation ( with Westwood, 1841);
  • British moths and Their transformation ( with Westwood, 1843-45, 2 vols 1860);
  • The illuminated books of the middleages (1844-1849);
  • Ancient coins and medals (1850 );
  • The coin collector's manual (1853, 2 ​​vols );
  • The coinage of the British empire (1854 );
  • Stories by to archaeologist and his friends (1856 );
  • Ocean gardens (1857 );
  • The butterfly vivarium or insect -home (1858 );
  • Goethe in Strasbourg ( dramatic Novelette, 1860);
  • History of the art of printing ( 1867);
  • Holbein and the dance of death (1868 );
  • Masterpieces of the Early painters and engravers (1869 );
  • Rembrandt and his etchings (1871 ).
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