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. |
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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) |