Nicolas-Henri Jacob (June 6, 1782 - January 31, 1871) was a French painter, designer, furniture maker, and scientific lithographer active in the mid 19th century. Jacob was born in Paris, the sone of a carpenter and grandson, through is mother Antoinette-Charlotte Prudhomme, grandson of master painter Nicolas Prudhomme. He studied painting Jacques-Louis David (1748 - 1825), Antoine Dupasquier (1748 - 1831). and Jean-Jacques Morgan (1756 - 1799), and cabinetmaking under Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814). He first presented at the Paris Salon in 1802, his performance at which earned him the patronage of Eugene Rose de Beauharnais, adopted son of Napoleon Bonaparte. In addition to his painting, he designed furniture for the famous store, L'Escalier de Cristal, of Marie Desarnaud (1775 - 1842), where he designed the extraordinary crystal dressing table of the Duchess of Berry (Louvre Museum). From 1818 to 1830, he worked as a drawing teacher at the National Veterinary School of Alfort. It was perhaps here that he developed an interest in both anatomy and the emerging lithographic technique. Jacob devoted himself very early to lithography, of which he was one of the pioneers. His first plates were exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1819, then became recurrent from the Salon of 1824 (portraits, genre scenes, etc.). He turned his attention to scientific and medical publishing from 1830 to 1850, dedicating himself to the execution of 725 lithograph plates for Jean-Marc Bourgery's (1797 - 1849) monumental Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme (1829 - 1854). At this point in his career, although he continued to teach drawing, he stopped exhibiting, turning himself fully to science. The Bourgery-Jacob anatomical plates were a landmark in scientific illustration. Jacob died in his Paris home at 25, Rue du Chemin des Plantes.