William Woolnoth
Illustration — Woolnoth's engraving of Guy's Hospital Entrance based on a drawing by James Elmes William Woolnoth (1780–1837) was an engraver. He was one of the engravers whose work was included in Cadell and Davies Britannia depicta. He did engravings of work by artists such as Thomas Mann Baynes, Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie, Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale and Thomas Allom.
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William Woolnoth
George Ormerod · The history of the county palatine and city of Chester (1819) [1] · Public domain
- Born
- 1780.
- Died
- 1837.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain.
- Occupation
- printmaker.
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Illustration — Woolnoth's engraving of Guy's Hospital Entrance based on a drawing by James Elmes William Woolnoth (1780–1837) was an engraver. He was one of the engravers whose work was included in Cadell and Davies Britannia depicta. He did engravings of work by artists such as Thomas Mann Baynes, Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie, Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale and Thomas Allom.
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He also did the engravings for Edward William Brayley's The ancient castles of England and Wales. He did the engravings for a book that he published in 1816 on the cathedral church of Canterbury (A graphical illustration of the metropolitan cathedral church of Canterbury; accompanied by a history and description of that venerable fabric) According to Oxford Reference he also did engraving work in Spain. He was also one of the engravers for The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books (De architectura). His engravings are part of the British Museum collection and National Archives.
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Artist: S. Prout. Engraver: W. Woolnoth · Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book 1833
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1780
William Woolnoth born.
1837
William Woolnoth died.
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