Joseph Martin Kronheim (1810–1896) was born in Magdeburg, Germany. He was a lithographer and wood engraver. He was one of a number of German nationals that lived in the UK and practised UK printing methods. He is recorded as being in Edinburgh by 1839. By 1846/7 he was represented in London. He seems to have taken the Baxter Licence in 1850. It represented a considerable element of his work. Having sold his business to Mr Frauenknecht in 1855 Kronheim travelled to Germany, then the States and back to England where he re-joined his old firm until 1887. The company moved to litho machines in 1875. However, the Baxter process prints from the earlier times were drawn and engraved by Kronheim. It can be judged that Kronheim’s prints were produced in the period 1850-1875. Much of the proliferation of work was used for book illustrations. Overall, there must have been thousands of subjects. The quality is extremely variable.