Charles Pye

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Charles Pye Jr. (Birmingham 1777-1864) was a British engraver from Birmingham. He illustrated topographical subjects, and published a Holy Family after Michelangelo. Pye's engravings were published in collections including: Beauties of England Illustrated, Hunter's History of London, and Cadell and Davies, Britannia depicta. He supplied engravings to designs by William Westall for the early issues of John Poole's The Regent, Or, Royal Tablet of Memory. In 1820 he published a letter, from Euston Square, on his experiments with relief etching on copper, in The London Journal of Arts and Sciences.