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English engraver of copper plates for prints and book illustrations
William Angus
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
English engraver of copper plates for prints and book illustrations
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1752
Death:
1821(Islington, London Borough of Islington, Greater London, United Kingdom)
The details
Biography
Introduction
William Angus (1752–1821) was an English engraver of copper plates for prints and book illustrations.
Life and work
William Angus was born in 1752. He became a master engraver. Among his pupils was the engraver William Bernard Cooke (1778–1855).
He died in Islington, Middlesex in 1821; probate was granted on his will on 15 March 1822.
Works
- Brough Hall, seat of Sir John Lawson
- Castle Howard
- Cusworth, seat of William Wrightson
- Sand Beck, seat of the Earl of Scarborough
- Thomas Paine, 1791
- Newnham Court in Oxfordshire, the Seat of Earl Harecourt, 1795