Henry Bryan Hall

Henry Bryan Hall (May 11, 1808 – April 25, 1884) was an English stipple engraver and portrait painter.

Hall left England for the United States, and arrived in New York City in 1850, where he founded the firm of H. B.

Hall produced images of celebrities from both the American colonial and revolutionary-era for a private club in New York City and for Philadelphia collectors.

Hall's talents extended to portrait painting, including ivory miniatures.

Some engravings depicting American military and political celebrities are not definitively established as being completed by the father or son.

Hall's lithograph, Washington, Henry & Pendleton going to the First Congress , depicting George Washington , Patrick Henry , and Edmund Pendleton traveling to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774
A portrait based on Hall's 1839 engraving of John Hooper , an Anglican bishop in Great Britain and proponent of the Protestant Reformation
Hall's engraving of American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin