William Monk (artist)

(1863–1937) was a British etcher, wood-engraver and painter in oils and watercolours.

[1] Born in Chester, the son of gunmaker William Henry Monk, he studied art at the Chester School of Art and etching at the Antwerp Academy, Belgium.

He was an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers from 1884 and elected a full member (R.E.)

[4] The Wolverhampton company of Mander Brothers published a series of his views as calendars in the 1920s and 1930s.

[5] In 2013 the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, held an exhibition of his work: 'A Vision of England: Etchings by William Monk'.