William Angus (engraver)
# William Angus (engraver)

William Angus (c. 1752–12 October 1821) was an English engraver of copper plates for prints and book illustrations.

## Life and work

William Angus was born in 1752. He became a master engraver. Among his pupils was the engraver William Bernard Cooke (1778–1855).

He died in Islington, Middlesex on 12 October 1821; probate was granted on his will on 15 March 1822.

## Works

* Brough Hall, seat of Sir John Lawson
* Castle Howard
* Cusworth, seat of William Wrightson
* Sand Beck, seat of the Earl of Scarborough
* Thomas Paine, 1791
* Newnham Court in Oxfordshire, the Seat of Earl Harecourt, 1795
