Henry Hoppner Meyer (1780-1847)

"Henry Meyer RBA (12 June 1780 - 28 May 1847) was an English portrait painter, more known as a stipple and mezzotint engraver.

Meyer was born John Meyer in London - a son of John Meyer and Anna Torade Hoppner who married at St James Westminster 22 December 1767. Contrary to other accounts Henry Meyer´s father was a hairdresser and not an engraver.Joseph Farington recorded that Henry Meyer was a nephew of John Hoppner, referring to him as ´Mier´ (8 February 1810), and in the obituary of Meyer in Gentleman´s Magazine (1847 ii 665).

Portrait of Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, 19th century, by MeyerA prominent early 19th-century artist, Henry Meyer was admitted as a pupil to Christ´s Hospital, London in 1791 where he studied under Benjamin Green. On 25 August 1794 he was apprenticed to Benjamin Smith for seven years and ultimately trained in engraving techniques at the Royal Academy Schools under Francesco Bartolozzi." - (en.wikipedia.org 28.07.2020)