Edward Francis Finden (1791–1857) was a British
engraver.
Life
Finden was the younger brother, fellow-pupil, and coadjutor of
William Finden, and shared his successes and fortunes.[1]
Works
Finden executed some separate works, among early ones being a set of etchings for
Richard Duppa's Miscellaneous Opinions and Observations on the Continent (1825) and Illustrations of the Vaudois in a Series of Views (1831). He was also a large contributor of illustrations to the annuals, books of beauty, poetry, and other sentimental works then in vogue.[1]
The separate engravings he executed included: The Harvest Waggon, after
Thomas Gainsborough; As Happy as a King' after
William Collins; Captain Macheath in Prison, after
Gilbert Stuart Newton; The Little Gleaner after Sir
William Beechey; The Princess Victoria, after
Richard Westall and Othello telling his Exploits to Brabantio and Desdemona, after
Douglas Cowper. He also did engravings for landscape painter James Duffield Harding (1798–1863) including "Mount Edgcumbe".
An engraving of The Festival., a painting by William Purser for the Friendship’s Offering annual, 1836, with a poetical illustration by
Letitia Elizabeth Landon.