William Byrne (engraver)

Donnington Castle in 1778, engraved by William Byrne

William Byrne (1743–1805) was an English engraver.

Life

Byrne was born in London in 1743. After studying some time under his uncle, an artist little known, he went to Paris, where he became a pupil of Aliamet, and afterwards of Wille.[1] As well as making individual plates, he worked with Thomas Hearne on the Antiquities of Great Britain.

He died in London in 1805, and was buried in Old St. Pancras churchyard. He was the father of painters John Byrne[1] and Mary Green.[2] Landscape engraver John Landseer was his pupil.[3]

Works

His works are considerable; the following are the most deserving of notice:

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References

  1. 1 2 This article incorporates text from the article "BYRNE, William" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.
  2. L. H. Cust, ‘Green, James (1771–1834)’, rev. John Sunderland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 1 March 2015
  3. Stephens, Frederic G. (1880). Sir Edwin Landseer. London: Sampson Low, Marston. p. 2.

This article incorporates text from the article "BYRNE, William" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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