William Bellers
William Bellers (fl. 1749–1773) was an English landscape painter.[1]
Life[]
Bellers worked in London in the second half of the 18th century. Between the years 1761 and 1773, he was a frequent contributor of paintings, and tinted and crayoned drawings to the exhibitions of the Free Society of Artists; in these works the effects of sunset, moonlight, and storm play a prominent part.[1]
Eight views of the Cumberland and Westmoreland lakes were engraved after him by J. S. Müller, Chatelain, Charles Grignion the Elder, Canot, and , and published by Boydell in 1774; and a set of 10 English landscapes by him was etched by Peter Paul Benazech, James Mason, G. Bickham, and . There is also a view of Netley Abbey engraved after him by J. Toms and J. Mason.[1]
The dates of Bellers' birth and death are not known.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Graves, Robert Edmund (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 192.
External links[]
- A View of Derwentwater Towards Borrowdale (Government Art Collection)
- A View of Ullswater toward Poola Bridge (Government Art Collection)
- A View of the Head of Ulswater toward Patterdale (Government Art Collection)
- Engraved works after W. Bellers (Grosvenor Prints)
- A view of Southampton from the Round Hill near the Four Posts (Plymouth City Museum)
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