William Finden
(1787-1852), EngraverArtist associated with 33 portraits
Apprenticed to James Mitan, after which he found employment engraving illustrations for books. His younger brother, Edward Finden, worked with him. Their work became so much in demand that they employed a company of assistants, who also produced their plates. Finden's largest plate was a portrait of King George IV after the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence; he received two thousand guineas for this work, the highest sum ever paid for an engraved portrait. He and his brother undertook the publication as well as the production of engravings. The first and most successful of these was a series of illustrations to the life and works of Byron, which appeared from 1833.
by William Finden, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple and line engraving, 1836 (1829)
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by William Finden, published by Edward Moxon
stipple and line engraving, published 1837
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by and published by William Finden, by and published by Edward Francis Finden, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after Richard James Lane
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1838
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by William Finden, after Daniel Maclise
stipple engraving, published 1839 (1839)
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by and published by William Finden, by and published by Edward Francis Finden, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after E. Hawkins
stipple engraving, published April 1840
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Harriet-Vittoria (née Stratton), Lady Hicks-Beach
by William Finden, or by Edward Francis Finden, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 1841
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by William Finden, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), published by T.G. March, after P. Holmes
stipple engraving, published May 1842
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by William Finden, published by Edward Moxon, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1843
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by William Finden, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 1847 (1808)
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Augusta Marie Minna Fitzalan-Howard (née Lyons), Duchess of Norfolk
by William Henry Mote, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), published by Edward Francis Finden, and published by William Finden, after Sir William Charles Ross
stipple engraving, published 1849
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by William Finden, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 1847 (1808)
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by William Finden, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 1847 (1808)
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by William Finden, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 1847 (1808)
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