William Finden

His neat style and smooth finish made his pictures very attractive and popular, and although he executed several large plates, his chief work throughout his life was book illustration.

The largest plate executed by William Finden was the portrait of King George IV seated on a sofa, after the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Finden's next and happiest works on a large scale were the Highlanders Return and the Village Festival, after Wilkie.

[1] Later in life he undertook, in co-operation with his brother, aided by their numerous staff, the publication as well as the production of various galleries of engravings.

But by his Gallery of British Art (in fifteen parts, 1838–40), the most costly and best of these ventures, he lost the fruits of all his former success.