William Turner Davey was an English artist and engraver who is best known for his reproductions of a number of celebrated Victorian works of art
Background
He was the son of William Davey and Eliza Davey (formerly Lockyer), who were married in Street Martin-in-the-Fields church on 14 September 1817. Since a witness at the marriage was Elizabeth H. Turner, William may have been given his middle name of Turner after a relation or friend of that name.
Career
Born in Street Pancras, London, Davey was baptised on 17 January 1819 at Street Pancras Old Church. Davey was a pupil of the engraver Charles Rolls (1799-1885). lieutenant was Davey"s reproductions of historical paintings which brought him to prominence: such as Eastward Ho! He also exhibited 13 pieces at the Royal Academy between 1859 and 1884.
Among his many other works (a much fuller list appears in R K Engen"s Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Cambridge, 1979) are:
The Pytchley Hunt, (after William and Henry Barraud, 1852);
The Execution of the Marquis of Montrose (after Edward Matthew Ward, 1862);
Morning (after West C T Dobson);
Keeper, a Good Dog in Old Times (after Landseer);
The Fathers of the Pack (after William Barraud);
Coming from the Fair (after Rosa Bonheur, 1876);
The Wynnstay Hunt (after Henry Calvert);
Autumn (after Alexander Johnston);
Little Red Riding Hood (after Charles Baxter);
The Casket (after Charles Baxter);
The Wounded Hound (after Richard Ansdell);
Deer Stalking (after Richard Ansdell);
Pull"s Ferry, Norwich (oil painting, 1891).