Thomas Williams (1798 - after 1862)
Thomas Williams (1798 - after 1862)
RA Collection: People and Organisations
Wood-engraver. Brother of wood-engraver Samuel Williams (1788-1853) and painter, engraver and illustrator Mary Ann Williams (b. ca. 1788).
Thomas Williams engravings were signed ‘THOS WILLIAMS sc’, ’T WILLIAMS’, ’T W’, or ‘TW’. He trained Joseph Swain in 1837. Two addresses are known for him: 15 Wine Office Court, Fleet Street (1855) and 37 Ludgate Hill (1862). Thomas Williams never married and was always in a poor state both physically and financially.
Bibliography Dictionary of National Biography R K Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers, 1985
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Born: 1798 in Colchester
Died: after 1862
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Associated books
7 results
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Alfred Tennyson, 1st baron Tennyson
Poems by Alfred Tennyson; illustrated by T. Crestwick, J. E. Millais, W. Holman Hunt, W. Mulready, J. C. Horsley, D. G. Rossetti, C. Stanfield, D. Maclise. - London: 1857
12/1395
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Mr Bernardin de Saint Pierre
Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de Saint Pierre: illustrated with wood engravings after designs by French illustrators. - London: 1839
11/1689
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Charles Dickens
The Battle of Life A love story
11/678
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Charles Dickens, 1812-1870
The Cricket on the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home. By Charles Dickens. - London: 1846.
11/313