English engraver of copper plates for prints and book illustrations

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The Trinity Hospital, Greenwich, with the sails of a ship in the distance. Coloured engraving by Angus after Tomkins, 1801.

Thomas Blood. Line engraving by W. Angus.

Mark Akenside. Line engraving by W. Angus.

A woman sits in a high-backed chair with a book in her hand and children siting on benches with books in their hands. Engraving by Angus after T. Stothard.

A young man offers his hand to help a young woman cross a bridge over a brook, but she turns back as the bridge is too narrow. Engraving by W. Angus, 1793, after T. Stothard.

A group of women gather around a fainted woman, while a concerned man looks on, with an ornate border. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1782, after T. Stothard.

Joseph Priestley. Line engraving by W. Angus.

Samuel Solomon. Stipple engraving by W. Angus, 1805, after J. Steel.

Napoleon Bonaparte visiting plague-stricken soldiers at Jaffa. Etching by W. Angus, 1805, after A.J. Gros, 1804.

Men at Unalaska, Alaska, in canoes; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Angus, 1784, after J. Webber.

Mark Akenside. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1792.

The ghost of Cathmor, king of Atha, arriving at the cave of Clonmel, an aged bard or druid who is accompanied by Sulmalla, a young woman. Engraving by W. Angus after J.A. Atkinson after J. MacPherson.

Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1783, after J. S. Duplessis, 1778.

Sir Hans Sloane. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1790.

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Images from the collections

Images by William Angus

Works from the collections

Thomas Blood. Line engraving by W. Angus.

Joseph Priestley. Line engraving by W. Angus.

Men at Unalaska, Alaska, in canoes; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Angus, 1784, after J. Webber.

Benjamin Franklin. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1783, after J. S. Duplessis, 1778.

Sir Hans Sloane. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1790.

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