Henry Hoppner Meyer (1782? - 28 May 1847)[1] was an English portrait painter, and stipple and mezzotint engraver.
Meyer was born in London - in all likelihood, but unproven, a son of John Meyer and Anna Torade Hoppner who married at St James Westminster in 1767. Joseph Farington recorded that Henry Meyer was a nephew of John Hoppner, referring to him as 'Mier' (8 February 1810), and in the obituary of Meyer in Gentleman's Magazine (1847 ii 665).[2]
A prominent early 19th century artist, Henry Meyer trained in engraving techniques at the Royal Academy Schools under Francesco Bartolozzi.
His first published engravings appeared in the early 19th century. In the ensuing years he showed his skill at portraits and decorative subjects. He produced engravings of such notables as Lady Hamilton, Admiral Nelson, Sir John Nicholl, Lord Hawkesbury and Giuseppe Ambrogetti. He was a founding member of the Society of British Artists, exhibiting many of his works with this association between 1824 and 1830, and acting as its president in 1828/9.
Meyer published many of his own engravings, and acquired a reputation as a skilled painter of portrait miniatures. In 1830 he received a commission in New York to paint and engrave portraits of notable Americans. He worked in the United States for four years, producing engraved plates for Longacre's 'National Portrait Gallery' and painted portraits such as that of President Andrew Jackson.[3]