Trader Details

Details for: DOUGHTY, William

Name: DOUGHTY, William
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): 4 Lit Tichfield St. 24 Lit Tichfield St. 31 Charlotte St. Charlotte St, Portland Pl
Book Trades: Engraver/etcher
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1778 - 1782
Biographical Dates: 1778 (before) - 1782 (date of death)
Notes: Born Yorkshire. Pupil at Sir Joshua Reynold's. REIP 77695 (1779/81). Spent some time in Ireland. Married Margaret Joy, a servant in Reynold's house. With her travelled for Bengal but died at Lisbon
Sources:
  • Maxted, Ian, The British Book Trades 1775-1787: an index to insurance policies (Exeter Working Paper No. 8)
  • 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)
  • Bicknell, Peter, The Picturesque Scenery of the Lake District, 1752-1855 (Winchester, 1990)
  • Extra source information - 10.3


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