William Naish (painter)

William Naish (1766/7–1800) was an English miniature painter.

Life
William Naish was born in Axbridge, Somerset, and practised with success in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy almost continuously from 1783 until his death in 1800. His portraits of Morton the dramatist and Mrs. Twisleton and Mrs. Wells, actresses, were engraved by Ridley for the Monthly Mirror.

His brother, John Naish, was also a miniaturist, and exhibited in London in 1790 and 1795.