William Elliott (painter)

William Elliott (active 1774–1810)[1] was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and marine painter.

At the Royal Academy he first appears as an honorary exhibitor in 1784 with 'A Frigate and Cutter in Chase;' to the same exhibition he subsequently contributed 'The Fleet in Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica, after the Action of 12 June 1781' (1785), 'View of the City of Quebec' (1786), 'Breaking the French Line during Lord Rodney's Action on 12 April 1782' (1787), 'The Fire at Kingston, Jamaica, on 8 Feb. 1782' (1788), 'The Action between H.M.S.

There are two pictures of the English fleet by him in the royal collection at Hampton Court.

While the Dictionary of National Biography writes that "Elliott (then captain) died at Leeds on 21 July 1792", he lived longer according to other sources.

E.g. the Netherlands Institute for Art History claims that he died in or after 1810 and is "often wrongly identified with a W.E.