Fowler, William

Gender:
Male
Date and place of birth:
Unknown
Date and place of death:
Unknown
Worked:
(fl) 1808
Known places of work:
Unknown
Known techniques:
Painted on card
Known materials:
Watercolour blackened
Frames:
Unknown
Signature:
Recorded

Introduction:

Jackson records and illustrates the one silhouette positively attributed to William Fowler. This is of George III, now in the Royal Collection but previously owned by Sir Henry Sutcliffe Smith. Fowler’s silhouette is a copy of a print engraved and published by Wellings. It shows King George’s clothes and hair in greater detail than the print; Fowler has added a sash of the Garter, and has inscribed around this, in what appears a laborious and time consuming script in the outer circle, the Collect for the eighth Sunday after Trinity prayer. He also faithfully copied the surround – an oval of flowers and foliage, tied beneath with ribbons and added a signature. Nothing else of William Fowler is known.

Additional research about William Fowler:

Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)

Fowler, William (McKechnie Section 2)