William’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Bathsheba, from A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings
William Wynne Ryland (British, 1732-1783) after François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) published by John Boydell (British, 1719-1804), Benjamin White (British, c. 1725-1794), and Pietro Molini (Italian, c. 1729-1806)

Fables choisies (volumes 1 and 2)
Illustrations designed by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686-1755) written by Jean de la Fontaine (French, 1621–1695) engravings by Charles-Nicolas Cochin (French, 1715–1790), Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis (French, 1698–1771), Dominique Sornique (French, 1708–1756), Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711–1771), René Gaillard (French, c. 1719–1790), Pierre Chenu (French, c. 1718-c. 1800), Michel Aubert (French, 1700-1757), Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721-1777), Pierre-Étienne Moitte (French, 1722-1780), Etienne Fessard (French, 1714-1777), Jean Ouvrier (French, 1725-1754), Claude Olivier Galimard (French, 1719-1774), Jean-Jacques Flipart (French, 1719-1782), Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais (French, c. 1687-1763), Louis-Claude Legrand (French, 1723–1807), Pierre Quentin Chedel (French, 1705-1763), Pierre Aveline (French, 1702-1760), Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–1783), Pieter Franciscus Martenisie (Flemish, 1729-1789), Laurent Cars (French, 1699-1771), Jean Pelletier (French, born c. 1736), Pierre Louis de Surugue (French, 1716-1772), Jacques-Jean Pasquier (French, 1718-1785), Johann Christoph Teucher (German, c. 1716-c. 1750), Juste Chevillet (German, 1729-1790), Johann Heinrich Rode (German, 1727-1759), Élie du Mesnil (French, born 1726), Martin Marvie (French, 1713-1813), Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (French, 1731-1797), William Wynne Ryland (British, 1732-1783), Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726-1788), Noël Le Mire (French, 1724-1801), Louis-Simon Lempereur (French, 1728-1807), and Antoine Radigues (French, 1721-1809) wood engravings by Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691–1764) after illustrations designed by Jean Jacques Bachelier (French, 1724-1806) printed by Charles-Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784) published by Desaint et Saillant (French, 18th century) and Durand (French, 18th century)

Fables choisies (volumes 3 and 4)
Illustrations designed by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686-1755) written by Jean de la Fontaine (French, 1621–1695) engravings by Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis (French, 1698–1771), Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711–1771), René Gaillard (French, c. 1719–1790), Pierre Chenu (French, c. 1718-c. 1800), Michel Aubert (French, 1700-1757), Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721-1777), Pierre-Étienne Moitte (French, 1722-1780), Jean Ouvrier (French, 1725-1754), Claude Olivier Galimard (French, 1719-1774), Jean-Jacques Flipart (French, 1719-1782), Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais (French, c. 1687-1763), Louis-Claude Legrand (French, 1723–1807), Pierre Quentin Chedel (French, 1705-1763), Pierre Aveline (French, 1702-1760), Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–1783), Pieter Franciscus Martenisie (Flemish, 1729-1789), Laurent Cars (French, 1699-1771), Jacques-Jean Pasquier (French, 1718-1785), Johann Christoph Teucher (German, c. 1716-c. 1750), Élie du Mesnil (French, born 1726), Martin Marvie (French, 1713-1813), William Wynne Ryland (British, 1732-1783), Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726-1788), Noël Le Mire (French, 1724-1801), Louis-Simon Lempereur (French, 1728-1807), Antoine Radigues (French, 1721-1809), Per Gustaf Floding (Swedish, 1731–1791), A.J. Defehrt (French, 1723-1774), Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, 1747-c. 1804), Catherine Elisabeth Lemperuer (French, 1726-active 1780), Pierre Jacques Duret (French, b. 1729), Pierre Philippe Choffard (French, 1730-1809), J.F. Poletnich (French, active 1750-80), and Manuel Salvador Carmona (Spanish, 1734-1820) wood engravings by Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691–1764) after illustrations designed by Jean Jacques Bachelier (French, 1724-1806) printed by Charles-Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784) published by Desaint et Saillant (French, 18th century) and Durand (French, 18th century)

Solarized Nude
Wynn Bullock American, 1902–1975

Saint William of Maleval
After Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673 Carlo Antonini ? c.1740 - c.1784

Nude in Cobweb Window
Wynn Bullock American, 1902–1975

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

Woman and Thistle
Wynn Bullock American, 1902–1975

Alice
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

James William Wallack
Charles Robert Leslie American, born England, 1794–1859

The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV
William Blake English, 1757-1827

A City Park
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

At Mouquin's
William Glackens (American, 1870–1938)

Colinet Mocked by Two Boys, from The Pastorals of Virgil
William Blake English, 1757-1827

Maine Landscape
William Zorach American, 1887-1966

William Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

It's a New Age
Sue Williams American, born 1954

J. Ellis Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

The Bathers
William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)

Thenot Under Fruit Tree, from The Pastorals of Virgil
William Blake English, 1757-1827