William Page (1794–1872) was a landscape painter, watercolourist and traveller, best known for views of the people and antiquities of Greece. He attended the Royal Academy schools in 1812 to 1813 and in 1816 exhibited views of North Wales. The date of Page's visit to Greece is not known precisely, but it is believed to have been before 1822, during which time he also visited Turkey. He is recorded as being in Athens in 1818. This time of travel provided rich subject matter which it is likely he repeated and revisited for years to come. William Page, along with J.M.W. Turner, contributed illustrations for Finden's Landscape Illustrations to the Life and Works of Byron, published by John Murray in London, 1832–4. Turner had never visited Greece so based some of his subjects on working sketches by Page.
