William Angus (engraver)

William Angus ( – 12 October 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 on 12 October 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

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