He provided sketches for the Environs of London (1842), and worked for Charles Knight and Henry Vizetelly on the Illustrated Times.
[3] Prior was a follower of Thomas Bewick's pupil William Harvey.
[5] He provided sketches for the Environs of London which The Spectator in 1842 commended for their "vivid perception of those qualities that constitute their picturesqueness".
[6] Later, he worked for Charles Knight and Henry Vizetelly on the Illustrated Times (founded 1855).
[7] Media related to William H. Prior at Wikimedia Commons