William Henry Powis

William Henry Powis (1808–1836) was a British wood engraver. He was regarded as one of the best in the profession in his day.^[1] His early death at age 28, according to William James Linton, was caused by consumption.^[2]

Life

Powis was born in London, and trained by George Wilmot Bonner. He then worked for John Jackson, who may have published some of Powis's wood-engravings as his own.^[2]

Works

Powis's wood-engravings appeared as illustrations in:

Francis Douce, The Dance of Death (1833), after Hans Holbein (with Bonner);^[2]
James Northcote, Fables;^[2]
Edward Turner Bennett, The Gardens and Menageries of the Zoological Society Delineated (1830–31);^[2]
John Martin and Richard Westall's Pictorial Illustrations of the Bible, (1833);^[1]
Thomas Scott's Bible, edition of 1834.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Powis, William Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Avery-Quash, Susanna. "Powis, William Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22672. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Powis, William Henry". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.