Humphrys, Francis (sold)
Francis Humphrys (1813 - May 14, 1854) was an Irish-American engraver active in the first half of the 19th century. Humphrys was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States as a baby in 1816. In 1833, he married Elizabeth Sitler (1807 - 1890). He engraved the famous comparative mountains and rivers chart for Mitchell's Universel Atlas, but has little other attributed cartographic output. Most of his other work is associated with Philadelphia job printing for fashion periodicals.
Striking comparative chart.
Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World. Heights of the Principal Mountains in the World.
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This is the scarce 1846 Samuel Augustus Mitchell edition of H. S. Tanner's comparative mountains and rivers chart. This stunning center-weighted chart is a stylistic advance over earlier American comparative charts in that it incorporates both mountains and rivers on a single sheet. (more details)