William Radclyffe
William Radclyffe (20 October 1783 – 29 December 1855) was an English engraver and painter. William Radclyffe was born in Birmingham and self-educated, he was apprenticed to a letter engraver and studied drawing under Joseph Barber with his cousin John Pye. Both planned to move to London when their apprenticeships were complete in 1801, but Radclyffe remained in Birmingham for financial reasons and set up as an engraver and copperplate printer.
William Radclyffe
William Radclyffe · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1783 · Birmingham.
- Died
- 1855 · Birmingham.
- Nationality
- England · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter · engraver
- Languages
- English
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William Radclyffe (20 October 1783 – 29 December 1855) was an English engraver and painter. William Radclyffe was born in Birmingham and self-educated, he was apprenticed to a letter engraver and studied drawing under Joseph Barber with his cousin John Pye. Both planned to move to London when their apprenticeships were complete in 1801, but Radclyffe remained in Birmingham for financial reasons and set up as an engraver and copperplate printer.
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Radclyffe became well known as an engraver of landscapes, making prints after David Cox, J. Turner and Peter De Wint and illustrating numerous works of travel literature. He taught James Tibbits Willmore. Radclyffe's son was the painter Charles Walter Radclyffe.
James Tibbits Willmore and Robert Brandard are recorded as having studied under William Radclyffe. The recorded working language is English. Work by William Radclyffe is recorded in the collections of National Library of Wales and Yale Center for British Art.
Edward Johnstone. Stipple engraving by W. Radclyffe, 1839., by William Radclyffe
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