WILLIAMS, Edward

1781 - 1855

Edward Williams was born in London and baptised at St Mary, Lambeth, London on 13 October 1781, son of Edward William (c1755-c1797), an engraver, and his wife Mary née Ward, who married at St Pancras Old Church, London on 7 February 1778. A nephew and pupil of artist James Ward (1769-1859). Edward married at St Pancras Old Church on 12 February 1806, Ann Hildebrandt (1780-1851) and were the parents of the Williams family of painters who included some his six sons, who worked under differing surnames. Specialising in moonlight scenes and Thames views in oil and watercolour. He exhibited from 1811 until his death including at the Suffolk Fine Arts Association at Ipswich in 1850, three works 'The Gipsey Home, Moonlight', 'Heath Scene, Evening' and 'The Ferry'. Edward Williams died at the Castelnau Villas, Barnes, Surrey on 24 June 1855, and buried in nearby Barnes Cemetery.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from 49 Foley Street, Portland Road
1816 829 Landscape: Summer evening
from 6 Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury
1824 281 Portrait of a Student
from 100 Cromer Street, Brunswick Square
1843 393 Watering Cattle
         1203 Hollington Church, near Hastings - drawing
1844 17 Landscape and Cattle
         509 Near Staines: Moon rising
1845 530 A Village Forge: Moonlight
         568 A Towing Path, near Wargrave
from 32 Castelnau Villas, Barnes
1846 167 Sheep Washing
         198 ? [Portrait of a Lady]
         250 Gipsies on the skirts of a common
         301 On the Thames
         390 Near Henley
1847 1074 Cattle Fording a Stream: Scene in Cumbria
         1249 A Village Forge: Moonlight
         1265 Hoar Frost
1848 467 The Harvest Moon
         650 Hoar Frost: Evening
1849 265 A Gipsey Nook
         423 On the Thames, near Hargrave
         1025 Mill on the Medway
1850 846 On Barnes Common
         1257 The Hay Field
         1267 The Ferry
1851 433 Autumnal Evening
         695 Service Time
         757 Shower passing off
1854 103 Heath Scene: A approaching shower
         333 A Fresh Day on the Thames#
         1148 Hoar Frost: Sunset
1855 1158 On the Medway: Moon rising
         1344 A Village Forge

His children were
1. Edward Charles Williams was born on 10 July 1807 and died at Shepherds Bush, London on 25 July 1881. He exhibited at Suffolk Fine Arts Association at Ipswich in 1850 four works 'An Old Roadside Inn', 'A Halt of Gipsies: Mid-day', 'At Byfleet, Surrey' and 'Punt Fishing'.

2. Henry John Boddington Williams was born at St Marylebone, London on 14 October 1811 and died in London on 11 April 1865 and buried at Barnes, Richmond-upon-Thames. As Henry John Boddington he exhibited at Suffolk Fine Arts Association at Ipswich in 1850 three works 'Stoke Pages-Scene of Gray's Elegy', 'The Village Church' and 'The Village School Half-Holiday'.

3. George Augustus Williams was born Marylebone, London on 4 May 1814 and died at Barnes, London on 26 May 1901. He exhibited at Suffolk Fine Arts Association at Ipswich in 1850 two works 'A Gray Day on the Thames' and 'Medmenham Ferry'.

4. Arthur Gilbert Frederick Williams born Newington Butts Road, Stoke Newington, London on 19 December 1819 and died at Croydon, Surrey on 21 April 1895. As Arthur Gilbert exhibited at Suffolk Fine Arts Association at Ipswich in 1850 two works 'On the Thames, near Wargrave, Berkshire' and 'A River Scene, from Nature'.

5. Emily Ann Williams born 7 June 1816 and died at Wimbledon, Surrey on 16 Dec 1857, the mother of landscape painter Charles Leslie (1839–1886).

6. Sidney Richard Percy Williams born London in 1821 and died at Sutton, Surrey on 13 April 1886. As Sidney Richard Percy he exhibited at Suffolk Fine Arts Association at Ipswich in 1850 three works 'A Quiet Vale', 'A Bright Day on the Thames' and 'View in Knowle Park, Kent'.

7. Alfred Walter Williams

8. Charles Williams (18 July 1824 - died shortly after birth

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Works by This Artist