Sovereign Engravers

William Wyon (1795 – 1851) Introduction/Formative Years No article on the greatest British sovereign engravers would be complete William Wyon RA (1795 – 1851). William was born in Birmingham in 1795, the son of Peter Wyon, a die engraver. At the young age of fourteen, William would become an apprentice to his father, who worked …

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