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About William Young Ottley
William Young Ottley was a British collector of and writer on art, amateur artist, and Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. He was an early English enthusiast for 14th- and 15th-century Italian art, or the "Italian Primitives" as they were then often called. He spent the 1790s based in Rome, where he bought much art; this was sold for a considerable profit in 1801 after his return to London.
Everything about William Young Ottley →- Occupation
- art collector, art historian, editor, printmaker
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- August 6, 1771
- Died
- May 26, 1836