Hyams

This London printmaker had a knack for turning everyday city scenes into tiny stories—think street vendors hawking pies or chimney sweeps dodging carriages, all squeezed onto a hand-sized sheet. In 1833, he published a whole collection of these, titled after the day he finished them: *Sixteen February 1833*. Flip through it today and you’ll notice how much noise and life fit into such a small space. Gallery Tiles keeps his *H Beard Print Collection* around so you can zoom in on the grime on a boot or the steam rising off a pie—details that make history feel handed to you.