William Henry Toms (c. 1700–1765) was an English engraver. He worked on portraits, book-plates, landscapes and prints of buildings. Among his works were the plates for Robert West's "Perspective Views of All the Ancient Churches in London" (1736–1739).[1] In 1741, he worked with Thomas Badeslade on "Chorographia Britanniae or a New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales". The maps were republished on 29 September 1742, with additional place names.
William Henry Toms | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1700 |
| Died | 12 September 1765 Westminster, England |
| Occupation | Engraver |
| Children | Peter Toms |
Among Toms's apprentices was the engraver and publisher John Boydell.[2] W. H. Toms lived in Masham Street, London, and was the father of the painter Peter Toms.[3] Toms died in 1765.[4]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Redgrave & Redgrave 1878, pp. 433, 465.
- ^ Getty Research Institute.
- ^ Godfrey & Wagner 1963.
- ^ Potten 2014.
Sources
edit- Godfrey, Walter H.; Wagner, Anthony (1963), "Portcullis Pursuivant", Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, London: British History Online, pp. 203–209, retrieved 11 June 2016
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Potten, Ed (May 2014). "Toms, William Henry (d. 1765)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50872.
- Redgrave, Samuel; Redgrave, Frances Margaret (1878). "Toms, William Henry, engraver". A Dictionary of Artists of the English School. George Bell & Sons. p. 433.
- "Toms, William Henry". Getty Research Institute.
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