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William Strang

Also known as: William Strang; primary name: Strang, William
Details: individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1859-1921
Biography: Prominent etcher and painter, and occasional woodcut artist of chiaroscuro work. b. Scotland, worked in shipbuilders before coming to London 1875 where pupil of Legros, and settled. Very successful. ARA 1906, RA 1921. From 1918 president of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers. Father of David and Ian Strang. Prints are arranged according to David Strang's catalogue.
Bibliography: DNB L.Binyon, 'Catalogue of the etched work of WS', Glasgow 1906 (with supplements 1912 and 1923) (referred to as Strang) David Strang, 'A catalogue of the etchings and engravings of WS', Glasgow 1962 (with new numbering sequence up to 751; referred to as David Strang) Campbell Dodgson, "The Lithographs of William Strang" in 'Print Quarterly' vol. XXIX, 1948, no. 3, pp. 42-56.

992 related objects

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.11 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.19 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.14 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.3 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2019,7015.655 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1897

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.4 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1949,0411.51 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1902

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2019,7015.656 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1897

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.13 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2019,7015.652 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1896

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.16 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1935,0708.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1912

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.24 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.53 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311.9 |
Producer name: BIOG31922 Drawn by:Charles Holroyd |
Production date: 1861-1917

drawing

Museum number: 1928,0131.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.18 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.17 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1958,1215.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1908

drawing

Museum number: 1976,1204.2 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1976,1204.3 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.9 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.662 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1880

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.6 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.663 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1880

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.2014 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.20 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.7 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1894

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.27 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.22 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0826.2 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1904

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.17 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1913

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.660 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1879-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.10 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.659 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1905

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.653 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1903

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 2019,7015.672.1-30 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1895-1901

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.281 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William StrangFormerly attributed to:Alphonse Legros |
Production date: 1890

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1949,0411.50 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1906

drawing

Museum number: 1964,1212.12 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1913

drawing

Museum number: 1951,0501.10 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.665 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William StrangAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1885

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.8 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.23 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.54 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1905

drawing

Museum number: 1911,0511.2 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0502.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1904

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.661 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1880

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.25 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0508.14 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1916

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.658 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1899-1901

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.15 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0826.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1904

drawing

Museum number: 1908,1124.3 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1899

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2019,7015.654 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1897

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.2 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.21 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1951,0501.11 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

Museum number: 1951,0501.12 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1907

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.26 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.12 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.5 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1893

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0511.53 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.657 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1900

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.277 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William StrangFormerly attributed to:Alphonse Legros |
Production date: 1899-1901

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.664 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1880-1921

engraving tool

Museum number: 1961,0925.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47555 Made by:David Strang |
Production date: 1930-1960

frontispiece; print; book

Museum number: 1960,0430.7 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1890 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1960,0430.4 |
Producer name: Published by:Lawrence and BullenAfter:William Strang |
Production date: 1895 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1960,0430.5 |
Producer name: After:William StrangAfter:Joseph Benwell Clark |
Production date: 1894 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1960,0430.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:James J MacLehose |
Production date: 1894 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1959,1222.4.1-14 |
Producer name: Published by:Kegan, Paul & CoPrint made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A country dance |
Museum number: 1953,0509.352 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1911

print

Title: The cottage on the hill |
Museum number: 1953,0509.400 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1915

print

Title: The Tower |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1807 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1890

print

Title: "A Ploughman's Wife and Bairn" |
Museum number: 1923,1130.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:Lawrence and Bullen |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: The Last Supper |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1801 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1889

print

Title: George Frampton, R.A. |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1821 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1907

print

Title: The Woodcutter |
Museum number: 1953,0509.266 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1900

print

Title: William Wright, No. 2 |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1853 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: J.B. Clark, No. 3 |
Museum number: 1919,0614.8 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1910

print

Title: Children Playing |
Museum number: 1953,0509.324 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1908

print

Title: Thunderstorm |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1804 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1889

print

Title: Self-portrait, No. 9 |
Museum number: 1897,1213.28 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1890

print

Title: Self-portrait, No. 8 |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1841 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1889

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1949,0411.1993 |
Producer name: After:William StrangBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1902

print

Title: Frederick Goulding |
Museum number: 1953,0509.305 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1906

print; book-illustration

Title: Ae day when to the well she went |
Museum number: 1923,1130.7 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1892

print; satirical print

Title: Holbein's "Duchess of Milan" |
Museum number: 1953,0509.337 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1910

print

Title: The trio |
Museum number: 1953,0509.347 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1911-1913

print

Title: Crewe Portraits of Members of Grillion's Club from 1813 |
Museum number: 1915,0619.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emery WalkerAfter:William Strang |
Production date: 1907-1915

print

Title: Charon |
Museum number: 1953,0509.129 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1891

print

Museum number: 1924,1003.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangAfter:Dermod O'Brien |
Production date: 1874-1902

print

Title: Portraits of Members of Grillion's Club |
Museum number: 1915,0619.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emery WalkerAfter:William Strang |
Production date: 1908

print

Title: Nancy Strang |
Museum number: 1953,0509.315 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1907

print

Title: John Masefield, No 3 |
Museum number: 1953,0509.396 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1914

print

Title: Nymph and shepherds, No. 2 |
Museum number: 1949,0411.2119 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1910

print

Title: The women at the cross |
Museum number: 1953,0509.247 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1898

print

Title: Portrait of a man holding a paper |
Museum number: 1953,0509.181 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1895