William Henry Toms (
c. 1700–1765) was an English
engraver. He worked on portraits, book-plates, landscapes and prints of buildings. Among his works were the plates for
Robert West's "Perspective Views of All the Ancient Churches in London" (1736–1739).[1] In 1741, he worked with
Thomas Badeslade on "Chorographia Britanniae or a New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales". The maps were republished on 29 September 1742, with additional place names.
Among Toms's apprentices was the engraver and publisher
John Boydell.[2] W. H. Toms lived in Masham Street, London, and was the father of the painter
Peter Toms.[3] Toms died in 1765.[4]
Godfrey, Walter H.; Wagner, Anthony (1963),
"Portcullis Pursuivant", Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, London: British History Online, pp. 203–209, retrieved 11 June 2016