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ID: 500128676
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500128676

 

Record Type: Person
Caslon, William, II (English type founder and type designer, 1720-1778 or 1788)

Note: Son of William Caslon I, he assumed control of his father's type foundry in 1766.

Names:
Caslon, William, II (preferred,V)
William Caslon II (V,display)
Caslon, William (V)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
English

Roles:
artist (preferred)
typographer

Gender: male

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
child of ....  Caslon, William, I  
..............  (English type founder and engraver, 1692 or 1693-1766) [500128673]
parent of ....  Caslon, William, III  
................  (English type founder, 1754-1833) [500128677]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Caslon, William, II (I)

Biographies:
(English type founder and type designer, 1720-1778 or 1788) ..... [VP Preferred]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Caslon, William ........ [VP]
................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 25 February 2008
................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) 91017141; accessed 25 February 2008
Caslon, William, II ........ [VP Preferred]
........................................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006)
........................................  Friedl, Typography (1998) 163
William Caslon II ........ [VP]
....................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ........ [Gallery Systems, VP]
....................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006)
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 25 February 2008
....................  Friedl, Typography (1998) 163
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: nr91017141
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: nr91017141
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) 91017141; accessed 25 February 2008
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
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