Artist

William Barnard

British, 1774–1849

William Barnard was a British Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art.

William Barnard (1774–1849) was an English mezzotint engraver. Barnard primarily lived and worked in London. He made a series of engravings of Lord Nelson.

He also made other types of engraving, for example for a grocer, that were frankly promotional. One of those was for the "Golden Lane Genuine Brewery", after Dean Wolstenholme Sr. After 1829, for a period, Barnard was a designated Keeper of the British Institution. According to Thomas Uwins, he was in charge of hanging exhibitions there. He died 11 November 1849.

Works by William Barnard

Collections represented

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