George Henry Ford & William West

Chromo-Lithographs printed by
George Henry Ford & William West

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ford & West (active c. 1850–1858) was a prominent 19th-century London lithographic printing firm located at 54 Hatton Garden. Run by lithographer George Henry Ford (previously part of Ford & George), they specialized in high-quality scientific, natural history, and architectural illustration plates for major publications and institutions

Notable works printed by Ford & West include:

The Monuments of Nineveh (1853) by Austen Henry Layard, featuring detailed archaeological plans and lithographic plates.

Nereis Boreali-Americana (1852) by William Henry Harvey, published by the Smithsonian Institution.

The Dolefulle Ballad of Arthur Scumble (1852) with illustrations by Henry Stacy Marks.

View of Auckland by P.J. Hogan.

Copies of some lithographs printed by Ford & West used in this website -