William Angus (engraver)

William Angus (c. 1752 – 12 October 1821 ) was an English engraver of copper plates for prints and book illustrations.

Life and work
William Angus was born in 1752. He became a master engraver. Among his pupils was the engraver William Bernard Cooke (1778–1855).

He died in Islington, Middlesex on 12 October 1821; probate was granted on his will on 15 March 1822.

Works



 * Brough Hall, seat of Sir John Lawson
 * Castle Howard
 * Cusworth, seat of William Wrightson
 * Sand Beck, seat of the Earl of Scarborough
 * Thomas Paine, 1791
 * Newnham Court in Oxfordshire, the Seat of Earl Harecourt, 1795