William Elder (engraver)

William Elder (fl. 1680-1700), was a Scottish engraver who worked in London, where he was employed mainly by booksellers.

William Elder, engraving by Joseph Nutting, after William Faithorne.

Works

He engraved many portraits as frontispieces, but was expert as an engraver of writing; his engraved portraits are mostly copied from older engravings. Among these were those of:

He also engraved the plates in John Savage's edition of Richard Knolles and Paul Rycaut's History of the Turks (2 vols. London, 1701). He engraved his own portrait twice, once in a fur cap from a crayon drawing, and again in a wig.

References

    Attribution

     This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Elder, William". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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