12 Facts About Henry Vizetelly

Henry Richard Vizetelly was a British publisher and writer.

Henry Vizetelly was early apprenticed as a wood-engraver, and one of his first woodblocks was a portrait of Old Parr.

Henry Vizetelly was in San Francisco, California, when gold was discovered in 1849.

Henry Vizetelly's other brother, Frank Vizetelly was a war artist for both sides during the American Civil War and went to Egypt as war correspondent for the Illustrated London News.

Henry Vizetelly was never heard of after the massacre of Hicks Pasha's army in Kordofan.

In 1865 Henry Vizetelly became Paris correspondent for the Illustrated London News.

In 1872 Henry Vizetelly was transferred to Berlin, where he wrote Berlin under the New Empire.

Henry Vizetelly died on 1 January 1894 at "Heatherlands", Tilford, near Farnham in Surrey.

Henry Vizetelly was Wine Juror for Great Britain at the Vienna and Paris Exhibitions of 1873 and 1878.

Henry Vizetelly had four sons by his first wife, notably Ernest Alfred Vizetelly who edited and had republished some of the Zola translations previously published by his father.

Henry Vizetelly was appointed knight of the Order of Franz Joseph.

Henry Vizetelly published 21 series between 1880 and 1890 and further series as early as 1852:.