William Monk R.E. was born in Chester and studied at the Antwerp Academy. He exhibited at the R.A.,R.E. and the Society of Graver Printers in Colour. Was elected Associate (1894) and Fellow (1899) of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Examples of his work are held at the BM and V&A Museums.Ref: Yockney.A. The Etchings of William Monk,R.E. Print Collectors Quarterly XX1V,1937. and in Guichard, British Etchers: Garton 1977.