Henry Graves was a printseller and publisher in Victorian

Victorian era

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...

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London

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Life

Henry Graves published many of the artists whose works were exhibited at the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

 and National Portrait Gallery. The firm Henry Graves & Company published reproductive engravings and compiled cataloged works of the artists they published, such as Works of the Late Sir Edwin Landseer. He also had a publishing partnership, Hodgson & Graves, with
Richard Hodgson.

Graves married Mary Squire and they had two sons, Boydell and Algernon

Algernon Graves

Algernon Graves was a British art sales and art exhibition documenter. He created reference sources that began the modern discipline of provenance research.-Early life:...

. Graves is buried in the family vault at Highgate Cemetery

Highgate Cemetery

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