Art Archive

William Wynne Ryland

William Wynne Ryland belongs to the eighteenth-century British school of reproductive printmaking, working chiefly in etching and engraving after painted and drawn models. His subjects range from rural genre scenes such as peasants carrying buckets or resting in the countryside to landscapes viewed from a bridge and mythological compositions like The Graces at the Bath. This archive holds five sheets by him, most of them combining etching with engraving, including one impression printed in red ink, with dates running from 1756 to 1786 and impressions up to that final year.

5 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

William Wynne Ryland — Woman Carrying a Bucket
Woman Carrying a Bucket
· Etching and engraving
William Wynne Ryland — View From a Bridge
View From a Bridge
· Etching
William Wynne Ryland — Rest in the Country
Rest in the Country
· Etching and engraving
William Wynne Ryland — The Grâces au Bain (The Graces at the Bath)
The Grâces au Bain (The Graces at the Bath)
1756 · Etching and engraving, printed in red ink
William Wynne Ryland — Peasant Crossing Water
Peasant Crossing Water
1786 · Etching and engraving