On 8th July 1822 William Lindsay Windus was born to John Windus and Agnes Meek in Liverpool. He was baptised on 15th September 1822
1840-1845. William Lindsay Windus [aged 17]. Self-portrait.
Around 1849. William Lindsay Windus [aged 26]. "The Interview of the Apostate Shaxton, Bishop of Salisbury, with Anne Askew".
1856. William Lindsay Windus [aged 33]. "Burd Helen".
1858. William Lindsay Windus [aged 35]. "Too Late". The picture was bought by Windus’ patron, a tobacco merchant named John Miller and is now in the possession of the Tate. In the picture the woman on the left is dying from consumption and a broken heart. Her errant lover has returned, but too late for them to enjoy any time together. Ruskin condemned it ‘as the product of sickness, temper, and dimmed sight,’ a criticism which so pained Windus that he never sent to the Academy again.
In 1858 William Lindsay Windus [aged 35] and Mary Tonge were married.
On 8th September 1862 [his wife] Mary Tonge died.
1864. William Lindsay Windus [aged 41]. "The Baa Lamb: View on a Tributary of the River Duddon".
On 9th October 1907 William Lindsay Windus [aged 85] died.