William Etty

(1787–1849) British painter (1787-1849)

William Etty (1787–1849) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, William Etty belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

William Etty was born in York and died in York. William Etty trained at Royal Academy of Arts. William Etty worked in London. William Etty became a member of Royal Academy of Arts.

The catalogue has 250 works by William Etty with free images. The dated works span the years 1805–1900. Works by William Etty are held by several collections, among them York Art Gallery, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Gallery, and Victoria and Albert Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Domenico Quaglio, Karl Wilhelm Wach, Maksim Nikiforovich Vorob'ev, Heinrich Adam, and François-Joseph Heim.

• Romanticism
• Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed
• The Sirens and Ulysses
• The Dawn of Love
• The Triumph of Cleopatra
• The Wrestlers
• The World Before the Flood
• The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished
• The Destroying Angel and Daemons of Evil Interrupting the Orgies of the Vicious and Intemperate
• Youth on the Prow, and Pleasure at the Helm
• Preparing for a Fancy Dress Ball
• Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret