William Woolnoth (1780–1837) was an engraver. He was one of the engravers whose work was included in
Cadell and DaviesBritannia depicta. He did engravings of work by artists such as
Thomas Mann Baynes,
Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie,
Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale and
Thomas Allom. He also did the engravings for
Edward William Brayley's The ancient castles of England and Wales.[1] He did the engravings for a book that he published in 1816 on the cathedral church of Canterbury (A graphical illustration of the metropolitan cathedral church of Canterbury; accompanied by a history and description of that venerable fabric)[2] According to Oxford Reference he also did engraving work in Spain.[3] He was also one of the engravers for The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books (De architectura).[4]
His engravings are part of the British Museum collection[5] and National Archives.[6] An engraving by Woolnoth is also included in the
Gott Collection of William Gott, a wool merchant, and his son
John Gott who was
vicar of
Leeds and Bishop of
Truro.[7]