William Elder (engraver)

William Elder (fl. 1680-1700), was a Scottish engraver who worked in London, where he was employed mainly by booksellers.

He engraved many portraits as frontispieces, but was expert as an engraver of writing; his engraved portraits are mostly copied from older engravings. Among these were those of:

He also engraved the plates in John Savage's edition of Richard Knolles and Paul Rycaut's History of the Turks (2 vols. London, 1701). He engraved his own portrait twice, once in a fur cap from a crayon drawing, and again in a wig.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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