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See also:SHARP, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1749-1824) , See also:English See also:line-engraver, was See also:born at See also:London on the 29th of See also:January 1749. He was originally apprenticed to what is called a See also:bright engraver, and practised as a See also:writing engraver, but gradually became inspired by the higher branches of the engraver's See also:art. Among his earlier plates are some illustrations, after See also:Stothard, for the Novelists' See also:Magazine. He engraved the " Doctors Disputing on the Immaculateness of the Virgin " and the " Ecce Homo " of Guido Reni, the ";St See also:Cecilia" of See also:Domenichino, the " Virgin and See also:Child" of See also:Dolci, and the portrait of See also:John See also:Hunter of See also:Sir See also:Joshua See also:Reynolds. His See also:style of en-graving is thoroughly masterly and See also:original, excellent in its See also:play of line and rendering of See also:half-tints and of " See also:colour." He died at See also:Chiswick on the 25th of See also:July 1824. In his youth, owing to his hotly expressed adherence to the politics of See also:Paine and See also:Horne See also:Tooke, he was examined by the privy See also:council on a See also:charge of See also:treason. See also:Mesmer and See also:Brothers found in Sharp a stanch believer and for See also:long he maintained See also:Joanna See also:Southcott at his own expense. As an engraver he achieved a See also:European reputation, and at the, See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of his See also:death he enjoyed the See also:honour of being a member of the Imperial See also:Academy of See also:Vienna and of the Royal Academy of See also:Munich.
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