Edward Francis Finden (1791–1857) was a British engraver.

Life

Finden was the younger brother, fellow-pupil, and coadjutor of

William Finden William Finden (178720 September 1852) was an English engraver. Life He served his apprenticeship to James Mitan, but appears to have owed far more to the influence of James Heath, whose works he privately and earnestly studied. His first empl ...

, and shared his successes and fortunes.

Works

Finden executed some separate works, among early ones being a set of etchings for Richard Duppa's ''Miscellaneous Opinions and Observations on the Continent'' (1825) and ''Illustrations of the Vaudois in a Series of Views'' (1831). He was also a large contributor of illustrations to the annuals, books of beauty, poetry, and other sentimental works then in vogue. The separate engravings he executed included: ''The Harvest Waggon'', after

Thomas Gainsborough Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of ...

; ''As Happy as a King after William Collins; ''Captain Macheath in Prison'', after

Gilbert Stuart Newton Gilbert Stuart Newton (2 September 1795 – 5 August 1835) was a British artist. Life Newton was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the twelfth child and youngest son of Henry Newton, a customs official, and Ann, his wife, daughter of Gilbert St ...

; ''The Little Gleaner'' after Sir

William Beechey Sir William Beechey (12 December 175328 January 1839) was an English portraitist during the golden age of British painting. Early life Beechey was born at Burford, Oxfordshire, on 12 December 1753, the son of William Beechey, a solicitor, an ...

; ''The Princess Victoria'', after

Richard Westall Richard Westall (2 January 1765 – 4 December 1836) was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary events, best known for his portraits of Byron. He was also Queen Victoria's drawing master. Biography We ...

and ''Othello telling his Exploits to Brabantio and Desdemona'', after Douglas Cowper. He also did engravings for landscape painter James Duffield Harding (1798–1863) including "Mount Edgcumbe". He died at St. John's Wood, aged 65, on 9 February 1857.

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with a poetical illustration by

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. The writings of Landon are transitional between Romanticism and the Victorian Age. Her first major breakthrough ...

in Forget Me Not annual for 1827. * Engraving of the painting by

Robert Hills Robert Hills (26 June 1769 – 14 May 1844) was an English painter and etcher. Hills was born in Islington. He initially studied under John Alexander Gresse, then enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1788. He primarily painted rural scene ...

with a poetical illustration by

in Forget Me Not annual for 1827. * Engraving of , a painting by Samuel Owen for the Forget Me Not annual for 1827, with a poem ''The Cliff's of Dover'' by

Felicia Hemans Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic statu ...

. * Engraving of , a painting by

John Masey Wright John Masey Wright (1777–1866) was an English watercolour-painter. He was the son of an organ-builder and was apprenticed to the same business, but, as it proved distasteful to him, he was allowed to follow his natural inclination for art. As a b ...

, in the Friendship's Offering annual for 1827, with a poem by

. * Engraving of a painting by James Stephanoff, for the Forget Me Not annual for 1828, with illustrative verse by

* An engraving of a painting by

William Etty William Etty (10 March 1787 – 13 November 1849) was an English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures. He was the first significant British painter of nudes and still lifes. Born in York, he left scho ...

, with the poem ''The Angel's Call'', by

, for The Amulet annual for 1829. * An engraving by of the painting by

William Boxall Sir William Boxall (29 June 1800 – 6 December 1879) was an English painter and museum director. Early life and education He was born at Oxford on 29 June 1800, and baptised 29 July at St Michael's Church, Oxford, to Thomas Boxall (d. 1847) ...

, with illustrative verse by

in The Literary Souvenir annual for 1831. * An engraving of , a painting by William Purser for the Friendship’s Offering annual, 1836, with a poetical illustration by

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Fanny Corbaux Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. Life Corbaux was born in Paris, the daughter of ...

for Findens’ Tableaux, 1837, with a poetical illustration (Arabia. The Arab Maid) by

* An Engraving in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834, of an illustration for

's poem : :* ''Mosque of Mustapha Khan, Beejapore'' painted by William Purser. * Engravings for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Books of pictures with poetical illustrations by

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Samuel Prout Samuel Prout painted by John Jackson in 1831 Market Day by Samuel Prout A View in Nuremberg by Samuel Prout Utrecht Town Hall by Samuel Prout in 1841 Samuel Prout (; 17 September 1783 – 10 February 1852) was a British watercolourist, and ...

. *:1838, by Charles Bentley. * 1791 births 1857 deaths English engravers {{UK-printmaker-stub