Sebastian Evans
(1830-1909), ArtistArtist associated with 70 portraits
Evans was an author and artist who also worked as a barrister and journalist. In 1857, he became manager of the art department of the glassworks of Messrs Chance Bros. & Co. at Oldbury, near Birmingham. He held this post for ten years, and designed many windows for the company. In 1867, Evans joined the Birmingham Daily Gazette as editor, but left within three years to pursue a legal career. When the editor of the Daily Gazette died in 1886, Evans resumed the editorship. He pursued his artistic and poetic interests and exhibited pictures at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. He published several collections of poems, most notably Brother Fabian's Manuscript and other Poems (1865).
by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, circa 1840s-1880s
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, circa 1840s-1880s
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James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale
by Sebastian Evans
pencil, 1848
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by Sebastian Evans
pencil, circa 1848
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by Sebastian Evans, after Unknown engraver
pen and ink, circa 1848
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, 25 September 1850
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by Sebastian Evans
pencil, pen and ink, 9 February 1852
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by Sebastian Evans
pencil, March 1852
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, 6 February 1852
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Unknown sitter ('Pietro il Grande')
by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, February 1853
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by Sebastian Evans
pencil, pen and ink, July 1855
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William Ventris Field, 1st Baron Field
by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, circa 1870s
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Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley
by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, circa 1870s
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William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher
by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, circa 1870s
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, circa 1870s
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, circa 1870s
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, circa 1870s
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, 1872
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, 1877
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by Sebastian Evans
pen and ink, 1877
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