William Angus (engraver)

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William Angus (1752–1821) 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 in 1821; probate was granted on his will on 15 March 1822.

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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