Albert Henry Payne (1812 – 1902) was an English steel engraver, painter and illustrator.
Though English by birth, he lived and worked in Leipzig from 1839 onward.The English Bach Awakening By Michael Kassler, Yo Tomita, Philip Olleson; pg 413 He made steel engravings from the 1830s onwards that served a growing market for "penny prints" sold to tourists of views of popular German destinations. He is best known today for his 1840s engravings after paintings in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister that were described in German essays by Adolph Görling. Payne later published an illustrated bundle of these German essays in 1848 and then published them again in English under the title Royal Dresden Gallery : being a selection of subjects engraved after pictures by the great masters. The book was quite popular and an 1867 edition was published in New York City by D. Appleton & Co.
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External links Royal Dresden Gallery : being a selection of subjects engraved after pictures by the great masters, 1867, on archive.org Full list of engravings of Dresden paintings on Commons