Portrait of Philip H. André, who published the first lithographs in England. Engraving by James Basire after a drawing by Eckstein published in the Gentleman's Magazine, March, 1808.
In 1803 Philipp H. André, a German then living in London, issued Specimens of Polyautography, Consisting of Impressions Taken from Original Drawings (Made on Stone) Purposely for This Work. This portfolio contained the first lithographs published in England.
"Senefelder visited London in 1800 to obtain British patents for his revolutionary process, selling the latter rights on in 1801 to Johann Anton André, a printer of musical scores from Offenbach am Main. Johann's brother Philipp, who lived in London, was enlisted to set up a press and develop the method's artistic potential. Interested local artists were supplied with materials and Philipp teamed with James Heath to print and publish sets of twelve "polyautographs" in 1803. Two years later, G. J. Vollweiller arrived from Germany to take over the patent and London press, and expanded the core group to thirty-six prints issued 1806–7" (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/355587).
