Edward Francis Finden (1791âÂÂ1857) was a British engraver.
Life
Finden was the younger brother, fellow-pupil, and coadjutor of William Finden, and shared his successes and fortunes.
Works
Finden executed some separate works, among early ones being a set of etchings for Richard Duppa's Miscellaneous Opinions and Observations on the Continent (1825) and Illustrations of the Vaudois in a Series of Views (1831). He was also a large contributor of illustrations to the annuals, books of beauty, poetry, and other sentimental works then in vogue.
The separate engravings he executed included: The Harvest Waggon, after Thomas Gainsborough; As Happy as a King after William Collins; Captain Macheath in Prison, after Gilbert Stuart Newton; The Little Gleaner after Sir William Beechey; The Princess Victoria, after Richard Westall and Othello telling his Exploits to Brabantio and Desdemona, after Douglas Cowper. He also did engravings for landscape painter James Duffield Harding (1798–1863) including "Mount Edgcumbe".
He died at St. John's Wood, aged 65, on 9 February 1857 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.
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- Engraving of the painting by Richard Westall with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in Forget Me Not annual for 1827.
- Engraving of the painting by Robert Hills with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in Forget Me Not annual for 1827.
- Engraving of , a painting by Samuel Owen for the Forget Me Not annual for 1827, with a poem The Cliff's of Dover by Felicia Hemans.
- Engraving of , a painting by John Masey Wright, in the Friendship's Offering annual for 1827, with a poem by Felicia Hemans.
- Engraving of a painting by James Stephanoff, for the Forget Me Not annual for 1828, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- An engraving of a painting by William Etty, with the poem The Angel's Call, by Felicia Hemans, for The Amulet annual for 1829.
- An engraving by of the painting by William Boxall, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in The Literary Souvenir annual for 1831.
- An engraving of , a painting by William Purser for the FriendshipâÂÂs Offering annual, 1836, with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
- Engraving of , by Fanny Corbaux for Findensâ Tableaux, 1837, with a poetical illustration (Arabia. The Arab Maid) by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- An Engraving in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834, of an illustration for Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poem :
* Mosque of Mustapha Khan, Beejapore painted by William Purser.