School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

William Henry Prior

Born: 1812   Died: 1882

Born in 1812 in London, Prior was a British painter and engraver. He is known for his depictions of London and its environs. He worked for the Environs of London (1842) and worked on the Illustrated Times with Charles Knight and Henry Vizetelly (founded 1855). He had trained at Vizetelly’s wood engraving establishment. In the 1871 census he is noted as living in Hammersmith, London. A decade later, he still lived in London on Masbro Road. He died there in 1882.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Annesley Bay PL3849 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3850 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3851 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3852 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3853 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3854 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3855 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3856 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3857 Prints1860s

Rhine Legends PL3858 Prints1860s

Views in Abyssinia PL3859 Prints1860s

Views in Abyssinia PL3860 Prints1860s




 
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