English engraver and oil painter (1747-1810)

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Fairhill, the house of Joseph Priestley in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, after its destruction by rioters. Aquatint by W. Ellis after P.H. Witton, 1792.

Snug Corner cove, in Prince William Sound, Alaska; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Ellis, 1784, after J. Webber.

London seen from Greenwich park. Engraving by E. and W. Ellis after T. Hearne.

A fiatooka, or burial place, on Tongatapu island. Engraving by W. Ellis, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1783.

A pool surrounded by a rocky embankment thickly wooded with trees, in which a monk reads from a book and another monk stands in front of him. Engraving by W. Woollett and W. Ellis, 1778, after R. Wilson.

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William Ellis

Images by William Ellis

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A fiatooka, or burial place, on Tongatapu island. Engraving by W. Ellis, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1783.

London seen from Greenwich park. Engraving by E. and W. Ellis after T. Hearne.

A pool surrounded by a rocky embankment thickly wooded with trees, in which a monk reads from a book and another monk stands in front of him. Engraving by W. Woollett and W. Ellis, 1778, after R. Wilson.

Snug Corner cove, in Prince William Sound, Alaska; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Ellis, 1784, after J. Webber.

Fairhill, the house of Joseph Priestley in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, after its destruction by rioters. Aquatint by W. Ellis after P.H. Witton, 1792.