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William Etty

1787 - 1849

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William Etty (10 March 1787 – 13 November 1849) was an English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures. He was the first significant British painter of nudes and still lifes. Born in York, he left school at the age of 12 to become an apprentice printer in Hull. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Etty has received more than 502,205 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William Etty is the 50th most popular artist (up from 69th in 2019), the 1,635th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,167th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Artist.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.89

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  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, William Etty ranks 50 out of 125. Before him are Ivan Fyodorov, Theo Jansen, Bill Viola, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Carlos Páez Vilaró, and Hasui Kawase. After him are Yoshitaka Amano, Bruno Munari, Gottfried Helnwein, Judy Chicago, James Montgomery Flagg, and Sennedjem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, William Etty ranks 22. Before him are Friedrich Krupp, Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Delphine LaLaurie, Ludwig Uhland, and Eliza Poe. After him are James Weddell, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Konstantin Batyushkov, Pellegrino Rossi, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, and Mathieu Orfila. Among people deceased in 1849, William Etty ranks 33. Before him are Stephan Endlicher, Dionisio Aguado y García, Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Delphine LaLaurie, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, and Goffredo Mameli. After him are Quatremère de Quincy, Angelica Catalani, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Conradin Kreutzer, and René Lesson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Etty ranks 1,635 out of 8,785. Before him are Malo (487), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), P. F. Strawson (1919), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), and Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717). After him are Arnold Toynbee (1852), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Helen Allingham (1848), K. K. Downing (1951), David Yates (1963), and Matthew Arnold (1822).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, William Etty ranks 4. Before him are David Hockney (1937), Banksy (1970), and Edward Burne-Jones (1833). After him are John Butler Yeats (1839), Damien Hirst (1965), Eric Gill (1882), Cassandra Austen (1773), Mary Delany (1700), Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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