Root is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

A 19th-century printmaker, Root carved everyday scenes for broad appeal. Try their H Beard Print Collection, a set of city corners, shopfronts, and street types sold as cheap keepsakes. The prints feel like postcards from a lost neighborhood, wooden signs, lamplight, and the backs of horses crowding narrow lanes.

Look for the bottom left corner where Root signed with a tiny monogram. Tap H Beard Print Collection to flip through the set like a deck of tiny city portraits.