Luke Fildes (1843-1927), Illustrator and genre and portrait painter
Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
Sitter in 11 portraits
Artist associated with 13 portraits
Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes first studied art at the Mechanics Institute in Liverpool and at the nearby Warrington School of Art. In 1863 he won a scholarship that enabled him to study at the South Kensington Art School in London and subsequently at the Royal Academy Schools. By the late 1860s he was earning money as an illustrator for such popular periodicals as the Cornhill Magazine and Once a Week.
after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
oil on canvas, 1920 (1894)
NPG 1889
reduced replica by Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
oil on canvas, 1896
NPG 2917
replica by Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
oil on canvas, (1902)
NPG 1691
by Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
oil on canvas, 1919
NPG 4843
Charles Dickens, his characters and the empty chair
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by Unknown photographer, after Unknown artist, possibly Harriet Smart Callow, after John & Charles Watkins, and after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
albumen print, 1872
NPG x135439
published by The Graphic, after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
colour relief print, published 1893 (1893)
NPG D34015
published by The Graphic, after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
colour relief print, published 1893 (1893)
NPG D34015
published by The Graphic, after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
colour relief print, published 1893 (1893)
NPG D34065
published by The Graphic, after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
colour relief print, published 1893 (1893)
NPG D34065
by Frédéric Auguste La Guillermie, published by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
etching, 1895 (1894)
NPG D33956
published by The Graphic, after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
relief halftone, published 11 May 1910 (8 May 1910)
NPG D33852
published by The Graphic, after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
relief halftone, published 11 May 1910 (8 May 1910)
NPG D33852
after Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
photograph, 1955 or before (1899)
NPG D39712
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