About Henry Bradbury
Lived 1831 – 1860 (aged 28–29). Henry Bradbury was a British artist, scientific illustrator, book printer and illustrator.
Henry Riley Bradbury (20 September 1829 – 2 September 1860) was an English writer on printing.
Works Bradbury is known for his book The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland with author Thomas Moore and editor John Lindley published in 1855. It used the innovative technique of nature printing invented by Alois Auer and Andreas Worring in 1852 and improved by Bradbury. The technique consisted of pressing a leafy specimen onto a thin, soft lead plate, leaving an intaglio impression with very fine detail.
Life He was the oldest son of five children of a printer, William Bradbury (1799–1869) and his wife, Sarah, and brother of William Hardwick Bradbury with whom he went into business in publishing. From 1856 he took an interest in the security aspects of banknote printing, and set up the business Bradbury & Wilkinson.
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Who was Henry Bradbury?
British artist (1831–1860)
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Henry Bradbury was born in 1831 in Greater London.
When did Henry Bradbury die?
Henry Bradbury died in 1860.
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Henry Bradbury was an artist, scientific illustrator, book printer and illustrator.
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Henry Bradbury was British.
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