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William Etty

17871849

English painter. Born into a Methodist family, he was the seventh child of a miller and baker in Feasegate, York, and in 1798 he was apprenticed as a printer to Robert Peck, publisher of the Hull Packet. Financial support from his uncle, a banker, allowed him to go to London in 1805, where he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1806.

2 artworks in collection

Works

Museum
Birth of Venus

Birth of Venus

Private collection
Nude Bather by a Stream

Nude Bather by a Stream

Private collection