William Bond
William Bond (fl. 1772 – 1827) was a British engraver.
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William Bond
William Bond / After Joshua Reynolds · http: role=art displayNo=60 rNo=0 · Public domain
- Name
- William Bond
- Known for
- Engraving William Bond (fl. 1772 – 1827) was a British engraver.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- engraver · painter
- Teachers
- Francesco Bartolozzi
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Training under Francesco Bartolozzi is recorded. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by William Bond is recorded in the collections of Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, National Library of Wales, Ackland Art Museum and Yale Center for British Art.
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William Bond (1742 – 1806) was a painter and printmaker. William Bond was born in 1742 and died in 1806.
Anne Young (née Biggs)
William Armfield Hobday / After William Bond · National Portrait Gallery: NPG D36271
Stipple engraving of William Fowler by William Bond, after George Francis Joseph
William Bond / After George Francis Joseph · http: role=art wPage=1 rNo=20
Key facts
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• Name — William Bond • Known for — Engraving William Bond (fl. 1772 – 1827) was a British engraver.
Biography
Biography
Bond studied stipple engraving under Francesco Bartolozzi, with his first work being published in 1772. He was considered one of the best stipple engravers of the late 18th-century, along the likes of Richard Earlom, John Ogborne and Charles Turner. He was nominated to be the first president of the Society of Engravers in 1802/03.
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