Born in 1791, Edward Francis Finden was an English line engraver whose work, along with that of his brother William Finden, became extremely popular in the middle of the nineteenth century. Frequently working alongside his brother, Finden provided scores of meticulously rendered steel engraved illustrations to supplement the popular literary forms of his day, notably providing engravings for annuals, books of beauty and poetry, popular literature, and works of non-fiction. Finden died at St. John's Wood, London on February 9, 1857 at the age of sixty-five.

Born in 1781 in Hertford, England, the peripatetic landscape artist William Westall became renowned during his lifetime for his carefully composed and seamlessly executed depictions of the exotic and faraway places he visited. After his admittance to the Royal Academy School in 1799, Westall was selected to serve as the landscape artist accompanying Matthew Flinder's Investigator expedition to Australia, during which he completed a large number of pencil-and-wash drawings of Australia. Later travelling to China, India, Madeira, and Jamaica, Westall's unfamiliar and alluring landscapes were well suited for reproduction and became quite popular with the British public. Though elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1812 and despite the frequent display of his work at the Royal Academy, Westall was never elected an academician. Westall died at St. John's Wood, London, on January 22, 1850 at the age of sixty-eight.