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David Wilkie Wynfield (1837-1887), Painter and photographer

Sitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 34 portraits
Wynfield studied at Leigh's art school in the 1850s and had his first painting accepted at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1859. The paintings that he produced in the 1860s were often set in medieval or Renaissance times and frequently dealt with the tragic consequences of love. In the mid 1860s Wynfield produced a number of distinctive bust portraits of artists in fancy dress. The combination of soft focus, close-up, large-format print and historical costume produced a photographic idiom that was completely novel at the time. Some of these were published as The Studio: A Collection of Photographic Portraits of Living Artists, Taken in the Style of Old Masters, by an Amateur.

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P70

Richard Ansdell

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P70

P73

Thomas Faed

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P73

P76

Charles Samuel Keene

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P76

P77

Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P77

P78

Henry Stacy Marks

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P78

P79

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
On display in Room 24 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P79

P80

John Phillip

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P80

P81

Henry Wyndham Phillips

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P81

P85

John Dawson Watson

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P85

P87

David Wilkie Wynfield

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P87

P93

Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P93

P92

Charles Samuel Keene

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P92

P98

William Frederick Yeames

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
On display in Room 24 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P98

P97

David Wilkie Wynfield

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P97

P89

Richard Ansdell

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P89

P71

Thomas Oldham Barlow

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1863-4
NPG P71

P72

Philip Hermogenes Calderon

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1863
NPG P72

P99

(Myles) Birket Foster

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, circa 1863-4
NPG P99

P74

John Evan Hodgson

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1863
NPG P74

P91

John Evan Hodgson

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1863
NPG P91