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.

Prince Hal and Poins Surprise Falstaff with Doll Tearsheet
William Satchwell Leney (English, 1769-1831) after Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825) published by John Boydell (English, 1719-1804) authored by William Shakespeare (English, 1564-1616)

Patrick Henry
Possibly William Satchwell Leney (English, active in America and Canada, 1769-1831) published by J. Webster (America, 19th century) after Thomas Sully (American, 1783-1872)

Alexander James Dallas Esquire
Possibly William Satchwell Leney (English, active in America and Canada, 1769-1831) published by Moses Thomas (American, 1856-1934) after Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828)

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

Women Fighting
William Rothenstein English, 1872-1945

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

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

William Bonham
William Bonnell American, 1804–1865

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

The Coast of Labrador
William Bradford (American, 1823–1892)

Cyclops
William Baziotes American, 1912–1963

Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish
Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)