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A woman personifying typography crowns a naked boy with a golden serpent; representing printing conferring immortality on the arts, sciences and literature. Coloured engraving by E. J. Roberts after H.J. Richter.

Three women in a post office, curious about a local resident, surreptitiously read a sealed letter addressed to him. Engraving by F. Bacon after H. Richter.

Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope. Stipple engraving by H. Richter, 1798, after himself.

The head of a boy looking up towards Christ. Stipple print by M.A. Bourlier, 1813, after H.J. Richter.

The head of a satyr. Stipple print by M.A. Bourlier, 1813, after H.J. Richter.

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Henry James Richter

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Images by Henry James Richter

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Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope. Stipple engraving by H. Richter, 1798, after himself.

The head of a boy looking up towards Christ. Stipple print by M.A. Bourlier, 1813, after H.J. Richter.

The head of a satyr. Stipple print by M.A. Bourlier, 1813, after H.J. Richter.

A woman personifying typography crowns a naked boy with a golden serpent; representing printing conferring immortality on the arts, sciences and literature. Coloured engraving by E. J. Roberts after H.J. Richter.

Three women in a post office, curious about a local resident, surreptitiously read a sealed letter addressed to him. Engraving by F. Bacon after H. Richter.