William Etty RA (1787 - 1849)

Born 10 Mar 1787 in York, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Died 13 Nov 1849 at age 62 in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

William Etty RA is Notable.

William was born 10 March 1787. ^[1] the seventh child of Matthew and Esther Etty, née Calverley.[11]

The painter William Etty was born in York, and became an apprentice in a printing works, where he remained for seven years. Then, aged 19, with financial help from relatives, he was able to study art in London. He became a student at the Royal Academy Schools in 1807, and worked for Thomas Lawrence (his uncle paid out 100 guineas for that) for a year. However, after all this, his submissions to the Academy Exhibitions were consistently rejected. Perseverence brought success in the early 1820s, whe after a trip to Italy (1822-4), his first picture Pandora Crowned by the Seasons (1824) was not only exhibited, but gained him an ARA. The picture was bought by his old tutor, now Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA. Thereafter Etty exhibited prolifically at the Royal Academy, showing some 136 paintings in total, and building a reputation as a figure painter specialising in the nude. He became RA in 1828. He reached his peak year at the end of his life, when he had an exhibition of 130 works at the Society of Artists in 1849.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Etty

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 990866
   Ancestry Record 9841 #90729095 (accessed 6 December 2022)
   William Etty baptism on 10 Mar 1787 (born 10 Mar 1787), son of Mathew Etty & Esther, in All Saints Pavement and Saint Peter The Little, York, York, England.

See also:

• Wikipedia: William Etty
• Wikidata: Item Q1234567, en:Wikipedia