Howell, Richard H.
Richard H. Howell (c. 1821 - 1870) was an engraver, lithographic printer, and plate printer active in Savannah, Georgia. Howell was born in New York around 1821. It is unclear where he trained in engraving, but he was active in Georgia as early as 1853, when he produced Vincent’s Subdivision Map of the City of Atlanta. Though he advertised a wide range of services, including calling cards, professional cards, portraits, views, and so on, his works that have become best known to posterity deal with the U.S. Civil War. In the days leading up to the conflict, Howell printed a view drawn by Henry Cleenewerck titled The first flag of independence raised in the South, by the citizens of Savannah, Ga. November 8th, 1860. During the war, in 1861, he printed a very rare Confederate-produced Map of the Seat of the War, prepared by civil engineer Miller B. Grant and published by T. A. Burke. Howell also printed Confederate currency (which confusingly were issued by the CSA as a whole, the individual states, and by banks, though Howell appears to have primarily printed Georgia state notes).
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