Joseph, an artist and antiquary of considerable merit, was born at Springfield in Essex, October 27, 1742. After spending sometime with Wynne Ryland, he afterwards became a student in the Royal Academy, and in 1771, while engaged in the reading-room of the British Museum, he obtained the embellishments for many of the subsequent works which were then simmering in his brain. In 1773 appeared his Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England, containing the representations of the English Monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Henry VIII.; in 1774 his Horda-Angel-Cymann, a work which he completed in 3 volumes in 1776. His Chronicle of England, 2 volumes, appeared in 1777 and 1778. His next work was A Biographical Dictionary of Engravers in 2 vols., 1785 and 1786. His Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England was published in 2 vols., 1796-99; and his work on The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England originally appeared in 1811. Strutt, after all his diligence and plodding industry, died in narrow circumstances in London, October 16th 1802. His manuscripts, which contained dramas, dramatic tales, &c., were published by his son after his death. His Queen Hoo Hall, a romance illustrative of ancient manners, was completed by Sir Walter Scott in 1808.