Edward Williams (engraver)

Although a competent engraver, he is remembered primarily for being the father of Edward Williams the Victorian landscape painter.

[1] As 9 is the age during the Georgian era when many apprenticeships began, this means that Williams may have briefly studied under Hogarth.

[3] Another member of this notorious group was the caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, who like Morland is remembered as much for his exploits at the taverns as for his art.

Williams produced several engravings of Rowlandson's caricatures, most notably A College Scene, and another titled Polygamy, a copy of which is in the Royal Collection.

Mary Ward within a few years left Edward Williams for another man, leaving behind their son, who was named after his father the engraver.