(1795-1851) Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint

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A child being rescued from a shipwreck, two women are in the sea about to be rescued by a boat. Stipple engraving by A. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon.

William Cheselden: profile. Line engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medal by W. Wyon, 1829.

John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Galileo Galilei: profile portraits taken from medals. Line engraving by J. Bate, 1836.

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.

Old St. Thomas's Hospital: a cadaver, a skull, bones of the lower leg and foot, and two bell-jars on stands. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medallion by W. Wyon, 1829.

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William Wyon

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Images by William Wyon

Works from the collections

William Cheselden: profile. Line engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medal by W. Wyon, 1829.

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

Old St. Thomas's Hospital: a cadaver, a skull, bones of the lower leg and foot, and two bell-jars on stands. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medallion by W. Wyon, 1829.

John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Galileo Galilei: profile portraits taken from medals. Line engraving by J. Bate, 1836.

Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.

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William Wyon

Images from the collections

Images by William Wyon

Works from the collections

William Cheselden: profile. Line engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medal by W. Wyon, 1829.

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

Old St. Thomas's Hospital: a cadaver, a skull, bones of the lower leg and foot, and two bell-jars on stands. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medallion by W. Wyon, 1829.

John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Galileo Galilei: profile portraits taken from medals. Line engraving by J. Bate, 1836.

Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.

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