WISE, William (fl.1810-1818) — London
Engraver. Engraved George Sidney Shepherd, Remains of the manor house, denominated the Lordship of Toten-Hall; now vulgarly called Tottenham Court, and occupied by the Adam and Eve Tea House and Gardens 1813, and a number of similar views incorporating detailed plans of the area for ‘Architectura ecclesiastica Londini; being a series of views’ 1810-1823. Known principally for topographical views, and a few portraits.
It is not clear whether this is the William Wise apprenticed to the engraver William Thompson of Holborn in 1782, or the William Wise apprenticed (Clothworkers) for a consideration of £30 to Henry Humphrys, engraver, of York Buildings, Villiers Street, 2 Dec 1789, recorded as the son of Sheppherd Wise, serving man of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields. The Covent Garden address below must relate to the former, who may be the William Wise buried at Kensington 24 Sep 1809 at the age of forty-three. The latter was baptised 22 Jan 1775 at St. Clement Danes, the son of Shepherd Wise (1749-1822) and his wife Catharine Doore or Deere, who had married in 1773. The latter exhibited a self-portrait at the Royal Academy in 1823 and some portraits at the Royal Society of British Artists 1825-1827, including both a self-portrait and a portrait of his wife. He was buried 24 May 1829 at St. Pancras at the age of fifty-five.
16 New Street, Covent Garden — 1790-1793
19 Bridgewater Street, Clarendon Square, Somers Town — 1823-1827
Adams. Alexander. BBTI. BM. Clothworkers. Graves (1905). Hake. Johnson (1975). LHD. Maxted. ROLLCO.