Details for: WATTS, William
Name: |
WATTS, William |
County: |
London |
Town: |
London |
Address(es): |
Kemp's Row, Chelsea |
Book Trades: |
Engraver/etcher, Print seller |
Non-Book Trade: |
Not known |
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 |
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)
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