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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

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

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.658 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1879-1921

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.2 |
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

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

drawing

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.26 |
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: 1931,0613.17 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1913

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1213.20 |
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: 1897,1213.22 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1874-1921

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.53 |
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: 1897,1213.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1894

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1976,1204.2 |
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: 1897,1213.6 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing; sketch-book

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.4 |
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: 1897,1213.19 |
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

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

drawing

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

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; 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

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: 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)

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)

print

Title: 'The incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney' Thirty Illustrations to Short Stories by Rudyard K |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1916 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:Sir Frederick Orridge Macmillan |
Production date: 1900-1901 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Maritornes Thirty Illustrations to 'The History of Don Quixot |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1954 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:Sir Frederick Orridge Macmillan |
Production date: 1902 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Vale of Health, London, No. 2 |
Museum number: 1953,0509.298 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1903

print

Title: Sancho the governor Thirty Illustrations to 'The History of Don Quixot |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1953 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:Sir Frederick Orridge Macmillan |
Production date: 1902 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The fight with the Yanguesians Thirty Illustrations to 'The History of Don Quixot |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1959 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:Sir Frederick Orridge Macmillan |
Production date: 1902 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Head of a woman, No. 1 |
Museum number: 1953,0509.24 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1881

print; book of prints

Title: The Christ Upon the Hill |
Museum number: 1959,0424.1.1-9 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:Charles Whittingham II |
Production date: 1895 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: 'Reingelder and the German flag' Thirty Illustrations to Short Stories by Rudyard K |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1920 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:Sir Frederick Orridge Macmillan |
Production date: 1900-1901 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The tossing of Sancho Thirty Illustrations to 'The History of Don Quixot |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1961 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:Sir Frederick Orridge Macmillan |
Production date: 1902 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The farm-yard |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1869 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1895-1896

print

Title: The lion Thirty Illustrations to 'The History of Don Quixot |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1969 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPublished by:Sir Frederick Orridge Macmillan |
Production date: 1902 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Roof of the Cloth Hall, Ypres |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1913 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1898

print; book-illustration

Title: Well met, gentlemen |
Museum number: 1953,0509.288 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1902

print

Title: David Strang, No.2 |
Museum number: 1924,0209.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1919

print

Title: Fantastic subject |
Museum number: 1953,0509.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1885

print; frontispiece

Title: Self-portrait, No. 4 |
Museum number: 1953,0509.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1883

print

Title: The Monk |
Museum number: 2010,7081.6983 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1886

print

Title: Francis Seymour Haden |
Museum number: 1953,0509.25 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1883

print

Title: Dunglass, No. 2 |
Museum number: 1953,0509.210 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1984 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1900-1920

print

Title: Laurence Binyon, No. 1 |
Museum number: 1953,0509.248 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1898

print; book-illustration

Title: Fiend killing man |
Museum number: 1953,0509.140 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Poverty |
Museum number: 1953,0509.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1885

print; invitation

Museum number: 2006,U.2913 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1895

print

Title: The Mill, No. 1 |
Museum number: 1927,0617.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangAfter:Théodore Rousseau |
Production date: 1888

print

Title: Emery Walker |
Museum number: 1919,0614.9 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1906

print

Museum number: 1897,1213.47 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1909