William Maw Egley

William Maw Egley (1826 in London – 20 February 1916) was an English artist of the Victorian era.

His early works were illustrations of literary subjects typical of the period, such as Prospero and Miranda from The Tempest.

Most of his paintings were humorous or "feelgood" genre scenes of urban and rural life, depicting such subjects as harvest festivals and contemporary fashions.

His best-known painting, Omnibus Life in London (Tate Gallery), is a comic scene of people squashed together in the busy, cramped public transport of the era.

[1] Egley always showed great interest in specifics of costume, to which he paid detailed attention, but his paintings were often criticised for their hard, clumsy style.