William Wynne Ryland
William Wynne Ryland (* 1732 in London, † August 29, 1783 at Tyburn, London ) was an English draftsman and etcher, who was executed for the forgery of bonds.
Life
Willam Wynne Ryland was born in 1732 in London, the son of the engraver and copper printer Edward Ryland. In other sources, the birth years 1729, 1733 or 1738 are called. The second name Wynne he received from his godfather Sir Watkin Wynne Willam. Ryland studied with Simon Francois Ravenet in London and five years in Paris with François Boucher and Jacques -Philippe Le Bas. After his return, he quickly came to reputation and assets. In 1766 he became a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists and presented at the Royal Academy from. Ryland received the title of Royal engraver with a pension of 300 pounds. His annual income is estimated at 800 to 1,000 pounds. In Ryland owned a farm worth 10,000 pounds. However Ryland lost early 80s his entire fortune at the gaming table, and laid down high AC from. Ryland, who was considered very skilful engraver, then forged two bonds of the British East India Company to the value of 7114 pounds. When the fakes flew, Ryland appeared on April 1, 1783, first in Stepney, but was caught, betrayed on April 15 of a shoemaker, which had given his shoes to be repaired. During the arrest, he committed a suicide attempt with a razor, in which he tried to open up the carotid artery. Ryland was executed after his trial on August 29, 1783 in Tyburn, and was buried at St. Dunstan in Feltham Middlesex. The title of the royal engraver John Keyse Sherwin went on to.
Work
Ryland moved from its linear copper engraving from 1770 on technique of Mezzo Tinto and since 1774 on the technique of stipple engraving, mimic the natural line and the shading of the signatory. Ryland stood by contemporary artists. In Germany he was known especially by engravings after designs by Angelika Kauffmann, who have been laid over the Bremer'sche art shop in Brunswick. Rylands last work "The ratifying the Magna Carta by King John " by JH Mortimer was issued by the widow for the price of one and half a guinea.