Henry C. Andrews, Botanical Artist and Publisher

Determining Henry Cranke Andrews's dates of birth and death remains problematic, but circumstantial evidence, mainly addresses, offers clues. According to a near contemporary source, Andrews 'lived in London during the chief part of his life, and died there'.10 Signatures on his engraved botanical plates, published details given in advertisements and on the title pages of his works as well as several London directories record various London addresses: 15 Ryder's Court, Leicester Fields (1794-1795); 25 Denmark Street, Soho (1794 -1795);115 Knightsbridge (1795-1811); The London Gallery, 22 Piccadilly (1813 -1815); 24 Berkeley Square (1816); 25 Sloane Street (1817); and 30, later 31 Sloane Street, Chelsea (1823-1833).12 In 1829, Andrews advertised five of his botanical works as 'just completed', and advised subscribers 'who have not completed their copies' that they 'may be supplied with the remainder by the Author, 31 Sloane Street, Chelsea... \13 No other Andrews was listed in London directories of the period living in Sloane Street, so it is very probable that the Henry Andrews of Sloane Street who was buried at St Luke's Church, Chelsea, on 2 July 1835 was Henry Cranke Andrews. The parish registers recorded that he had died of apoplexy aged 76, giving his likely year of birth as 1759 (the same as his father-in-law, John Kennedy).