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An Englishman sits smoking a hookah as an Asian man approaches making a salaam. Engraving by W. Humphrys, c. 1834, after W. Daniell.

Thomas Hobbes. Line engraving by W. Humphrys, 1839.

Christopher Columbus and his crew, arriving in America, kneel before the Cross as a priest holds up the Host; native Americans look on. Engraving by J. Knight (the lettering) and by W. Humphrys, 1844, after J.J. Barralet.

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William Humphrys

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Thomas Hobbes. Line engraving by W. Humphrys, 1839.

Christopher Columbus and his crew, arriving in America, kneel before the Cross as a priest holds up the Host; native Americans look on. Engraving by J. Knight (the lettering) and by W. Humphrys, 1844, after J.J. Barralet.

An Englishman sits smoking a hookah as an Asian man approaches making a salaam. Engraving by W. Humphrys, c. 1834, after W. Daniell.