Watts, William

County:

London

Town:

London

Address(es):

Kemp's Row, Chelsea

Book Trade(s):

Engraver/etcher, Print seller

Non-Book Trade(s):

-

Trading Dates:

1779 – 1851 (date of death)

Biographical Dates:

1752 (date of birth) – 1851 (date of death)

Notes:

Son of a silk weaver. Taught by Paul Sandby and Edward Rooker. Cont Rooker's `Copperplate Magazine' after Rooker's death in 1774. Blind in later years.

  Abbreviations

Sources:

Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)

Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984)