William Angus (engraver)

William Angus (c. 1752 – 12 October 1821^[1]) 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).^[2]

He died in Islington, Middlesex on 12 October 1821; probate was granted on his will on 15 March 1822.^[3]

Works

Engraving of Thomas Paine, 1791.

• Brough Hall, seat of Sir John Lawson^[4]
• Castle Howard^[4]
• Cusworth, seat of William Wrightson^[4]
• Sand Beck, seat of the Earl of Scarborough^[4]
• Thomas Paine, 1791^[5]
• Newnham Court in Oxfordshire, the Seat of Earl Harecourt, 1795^{[citation needed]}