William Miller (engraver)

William Miller
William Miller, photograph, circa 1862
Born	(1796-05-28)May 28, 1796 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	January 20, 1882 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Cause of death	(burial location: Quaker Burial Ground, The Pleasance, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Spouse	Jane Miller

William Miller was a Quaker line engraver from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Miller was initially apprenticed to William Archibald. At the end of 1819 he moved to Hackney to join the workshop of George Cooke. The premium paid for his eighteen month stay with Cooke was £240. Other apprentices with Cooke included William Shotter Boys. Whilst an apprentice with Cooke, Miller drew a series of plants from the neighbouring nursery of Loddiges. These were engraved by Cooke and published in volumes v - vii of Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, London, J and A Arch, 1820 - 1822.

His earliest known published engraving was of an apple tree for William Archibald in Vol 1 of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, Edinbugh, 1818.

Miller was one of the principal engravers of J. M. W. Turner. His engravings after Turner included Portsmouth, Clovelly Bay and Comb Martin for An Antiquarian Tour Round the South Coast, J and A Arch, 1826; Bass Rock for Scott's Provincial Antiquities of Scotland, 1826; seven plates Straits of Dover, Great Yarmouth, Stamford, Windsor Castle, Chatham, Carew Castle and Durham Cathedral for Picturesque Views in England and Wales, London, Longman and Co, 1838.

Large single prints by Miller after Turner include The Grand Canal for Hodgson and Graves, 1837; Modern Italy for F G Moon, issued as the Presentation Plate for the National Art Union in 1843; and The Rhine, Osterprey and Feltzen for D T White in 1852.

His last engraved work was a series of vignettes after Myles Birket Foster to illustrate two volumes of the poems of Thomas Hood, published by Moxon in 1871 and 1872.

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  This photograph of William Miller was taken by the Edinburgh photographer Tunny in about 1862.
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  The wood engraving in this obituary of William Miller is taken from the photograph by Tunny
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  Obituary of William Miller, The Scotsman, January 21, 1882
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  William Miller's engraving workroom at Hope Park
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  Millerfield House, the croquet lawn, approx 1860
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  Jane Miller, approx 1870

• Engravings by William Miller
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  Botany Plate 124 engraving by William Miller for William Archibald 1817
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  Shipbuilding Plate 490 engraving by William Miller for William Archibald 1817
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  Shipbuilding Plate 491 engraving by William Miller for William Archibald 1817
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  War Plate 552 engraving by William Miller for William Archibald 1817
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  War Plate 558 engraving by William Miller for William Archibald 1817
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  Human Skull, after drawing by William Miller
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  Fungi, engraving after R K Greville, 1823
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  Clovelly Bay, engraving after Turner, 1826, Rawlinson 115
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  Comb Martin, engraving after Turner, 1826, Rawlinson 119
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  Portsmouth, engraving after Turner, 1826, Rawlinson 120
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  Bass Rock, engraving after Turner, 1826, Rawlinson 200
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  Straits of Dover, engraving after Turner, 1838, Rawlinson 221
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  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, engraving after Turner, 1838. Rawlinson 234
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  Stamford, Lincolnshire, engraving after Turner, 1838, Rawlinson 241
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  Windsor Castle, Berkshire, engraving after Turner, 1838, Rawlinson 253
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  Chatham, Kent, open etching, engraving after Turner, 1838, Rawlinson 262
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  Chatham, Kent, engraving after Turner, 1838, Rawlinson 262
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  Carew Castle, Pembroke, engraving after Turner, 1838, Rawlinson 275
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  Durham Cathedral, engraving after Turner, 1838, Rawlinson 297
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  Carrick Castle, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Dunfermline Palace, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Dunoon Castle, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Dunstuffnage Castle, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Falkland Palace, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Kildrummie Castle in Mar, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Court of Linlithgow Palace, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Linlithgow Palace, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Lochmaben Castle, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Rothsay Castle Bute, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Roxburgh Castle, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Scone Palace, engraving after W Brown, 1830
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  Traquair, engraving after W Brown, 1830
• Side and end views of a locomotive engine similar to the Planet employed on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway manufactured by Messrs. Rob. Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne engraving by William Miller after J Kindar, 1832
  Side and end views of a locomotive engine similar to the Planet employed on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway manufactured by Messrs. Rob. Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne engraving by William Miller after J Kindar, 1832
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  Tomb of Humaioon Delhi, engraving after W Purser, 1833
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  Delhi, engraving after W Purser, 1833
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  Thubare, engraving after S Austin, 1833
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  The British Residency at Hyderabad, engraving after Capt. Grindley, 1834
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  A Garden, Rawlinson 373
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  Old Manor House, Rawlinson 380
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  Venice, The Rialto - Moonlight, Rawlinson 386
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  Loch Lomond, Rawlinson 396
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  Nantes, Rawlinson 432
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  Nantes frontispiece, Rawlinson 432
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  Between Clairemont and Mauves, Rawlinson 447
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  Chateau de Nantes, Rawlinson 452
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  Rouen, Rawlinson 466
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  Rouen St Catherine's Hill, early proof engraving Rawlinson 468
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  Rouen St Catherine's Hill Rawlinson 468
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  Pont Neuf, Paris, Rawlinson 486
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  Melun, Rawlinson 491
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  Dumbarton Castle engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 518
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  Brussels engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 519
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  Hougemont proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 520
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  New Abbey, near Dunfries engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 521
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  Norham Castle, Moonrise engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 522
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  Jerusalem engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 523
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  Jerusalem proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 523
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  Brienne engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 527
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  Venice, the Campanile engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 528
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  Placenza engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 529
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  Placenza proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 529
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  Verona engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 530
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  Vincennes engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 531
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  Vincennes proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 531
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  St Cloud engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 532
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  Mayence engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 533
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  Mayence proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 533
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  The Simplon engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 535
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  Paris from Pere-la-Chaise engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 536
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  Paris from Pere-la-Chaise proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 536
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  Malmaison engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 537
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  Fontainebleau engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 538
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  Fontainebleau proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 538
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  Chiefswood Cottage engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 541
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  Chiefswood Cottage, engraved frontispiece by William Miller after Turner, 1834 Rawlinson 541
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  The Rhymer's Glen engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 542
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  Edinburgh from St Anthony's Chapel engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 543
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  Craigmillar Castle engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 546
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  Dunstaffnage engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 547
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  Linlithgow engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 548
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  Linlithgow proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 548
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  Glencoe engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 549
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  Glencoe proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 549
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  Killiecrankie engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 550
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  Killiecrankie proof engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 550
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  Inverness engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 551
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  Fort Augustus engraving after Turner, 1834, Rawlinson 552
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  Craig Crook Castle, near Edinburgh engraving after D O Hill, 1834
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  Botallack Mine, Cornwall engraving after C Stanfield, 1836
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  Hastings engraving after C Stanfield, 1836
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  Havre de Grace engraving after C Stanfield, 1836
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  The Dead Eagle - Oran engraving after Turner, 1837, Rawlinson 632
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  Ayr from Brown Carrick Hill after D O Hill, 1840
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  Ayr Market Cross after D O Hill, 1840
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  Banks of Doon after D O Hill, 1840
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  Bruar Water Upper Fall after D O Hill, 1840
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  Cassilis Castle after D O Hill, 1840
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  Culzean Castle with the Fairy Coves after D O Hill, 1840
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  Dunure Castle Carrick Shore after D O Hill, 1840
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  Loch Turit after D O Hill, 1840
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  Tynemouth Priory, Rawlinson 641
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  Flamborough Head, proof engraving after John Martin
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  Evening, engraving after John Martin
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  The Minstrel engraving after D O Hill
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  Sunrise engraving after A B Johns
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  St Michael's Mount engraving after Bentley
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  Lochnaw, proof engraving after R K Greville, 1850
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  The Rhine - Osterprey and Feltzen, Rawlinson 669
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  Italian Goatherds, detail from engraving after R S Lauder, 1843
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  "The toil-worn cottar frae his labour goes" engraving after John Faed, from The Cotter's Saturday Night, Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, 1853
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  "Th' expectant wee things, toddlin, stacher thro'" engraving after John Faed, from The Cotter's Saturday Night, Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, 1853
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  View of Ayr, vignette frontispiece engraving afer John Faed, 1855
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  The Port of London, engraving after Samuel Bough, 1863
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  Tulleveolan, engraving after William Leitch, 1865
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  Dryburgh Abbey: the Grave of Scott, engraving after J A Bell, 1847
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  Pool of Thames, engraving after Sir A W Calcott, 1848
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  Prince of Orange Landing at Torbay, engraving after Turner, 1852, Rawlinson 739
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  The Watering Place, engraving after T Gainsborough, 1853
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  Dover - the Landing of Prince Albert, engraving after W Knell, 1857
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  Vietri, engraving after Clarkson Stanfield, 1859
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  The Shipwreck, engraving after Turner, 1861, Rawlinson 694
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  Spithead, engraving after Turner, 1862, Rawlinson 699
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  Line Fishing off Hastings, engraving after Turner, 1863, Rawlinson 728
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  Wreck off Hastings, engraving after Turner, 1866, Rawlinson 740
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  Peterborough, unpublished engraving after Birket Foster, 1868
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  Stratford, unpublished engraving after Birket Foster, 1868
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  Stratford, touched proof after Birket Foster, Hood's Poems, Moxon 1872
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  Hastings, touched proof after Birket Foster, p66, Hood's Poems, Moxon 1872
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  Hastings Beach, touched proof after Birket Foster, p67, Hood's Poems, Moxon 1872
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  Hastings Beach, touched proof after Birket Foster, p67, Hood's Poems, Moxon 1872
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  Hastings 'Boiling Sea', touched proof after Birket Foster, p71, Hood's Poems, Moxon 1872
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  Hastings 'Boiling Sea', touched proof after Birket Foster, p71, Hood's Poems, Moxon 1872

Ref: A Catalogue of Engravings by William Miller HRSA 1818 - 1871 By WFM (William F Miller, his eldest son), Published privately in 1886