Surname: Keeling Forename(s): William Knight b. 1807. d. 21 February 1886. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Painter, engraver, and illustrator. Born in Manchester. Worked as a portrait painter
and drawing-master. Contributed to Heath’s Picturesque Annual. Illustrated several novels by Sir Walter Scott. Exhibited at the Royal Manchester
Institution, Royal Academy, and British Institution. Member of the Manchester Academy.
Co-founder of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was president from
1864-1877. Elected member of the New Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1841. Biographical
information: ODNB. (AC, CC)