William Strang is best known as an engraver of free-standing prints and as a distinguished painter. Less well-known is his work as a book illustrator who practised in the 1890s and the early part of the twentieth century. — Simon Cooke
Biographical Material and Discussions
Work in Other Media
Book Illustrations
- The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- The Pilgrim’s Progress
- Sinbad
- The Return of Imray
- The Mark of the Beast
- The Mutiny of the Mavericks
- The Man who would be King
- The Undertakers
- Beyond the Pale
- A Matter of Fact
Bibliography
[Anon]. ‘William Strang, Etcher.’ Glasgow Evening Post. (3 March 1893): 557.
Binyon, Laurence. ‘Introduction.’ William Strang: Catalogue of His Etched Work. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1906.
Ray, Gordon. The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976.
Created 4 October 2025