Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925), Painter and engraver
Artist associated with 25 portraits
The painter and illustrator T. B. Wirgman came from a Swedish family, but grew up in London, studying at the Royal Academy Schools from the age of fifteen. He worked for a while in Paris before returning to London. Wirgman produced a series of portraits for Graphic magazine, and continued to draw and paint portraits thereafter, including producing a series of illustrations of British sculptors for Century magazine. As well as portraits, Wirgman also painted contemporary and historical genre subjects.
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pen and ink, 1880
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by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pencil, 1882
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Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pen and ink and pencil, circa 1882
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by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pencil, circa 1886
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by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pencil, 1894
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Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pencil, 1896
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Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
chalk, 1918
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by Theodore Blake Wirgman
etching, 1880s (1881)
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by Theodore Blake Wirgman
etching, 1880s (1881)
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by Theodore Blake Wirgman
etching, 1880s (1881)
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
published by The Graphic, after Theodore Blake Wirgman
wood engraving, published 28 June 1884
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published by The Graphic, after Theodore Blake Wirgman
wood engraving, published 30 May 1885
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The Marquess and Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
published by The Graphic, after Theodore Blake Wirgman
wood engraving, published 14 March 1885
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published by The Graphic, after Theodore Blake Wirgman
lithograph printed in black and grey, published 3 April 1886 (circa 1886)
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
published by The Graphic, after Theodore Blake Wirgman
wood engraving, published 15 January 1887
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probably Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn
after Theodore Blake Wirgman
photographic print, (1888)
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after Theodore Blake Wirgman
photographic print, (1888)
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by Theodore Blake Wirgman
photographic reproduction, published 1890 (1886)
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William Ewart Gladstone ('Mr. Gladstone speaking on the Transvaal difficulty, March 16, 1883')
by Charles Roberts, after Theodore Blake Wirgman
wood engraving, published 1898
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after Theodore Blake Wirgman
reproduction of a drawing, (1880s)
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