Sir William Boxall
(1800-1879), Painter and Director of the National GallerySitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 18 portraits
The son of an Oxford taxation official, William Boxall entered the Royal Academy schools in 1819. He worked in London between 1823 and 1833, chiefly as a portrait painter but occasionally exhibiting history and subject pictures in an attempt to gain recognition. Between the mid-1830s and the 1860s he enjoyed a reputation as a society painter and also for his likenesses of leading literary, artistic and intellectual figures of the day. To further his ambition to succeed as a history painter he travelled and studied in Italy (1833-6), but portraiture remained his principal employment, accounting for most of his exhibited works. Boxall was elected ARA in 1851 and RA in 1863.
by Sir William Boxall
oil on panel, 1831
NPG 4211
by Sir William Boxall
oil on panel, 1832
NPG 1470
Antony Vandyke Copley Fielding
by Sir William Boxall
oil on canvas, exhibited 1843
NPG 601
by Sir William Boxall
oil on panel, 1845
NPG 4099
by Sir William Boxall
oil on canvas, 1856
NPG 1986
by Samuel Cousins, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, mid 19th century
NPG D40224
by William Walker, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, 1830s-1840s
NPG D8065
by Robert Cabell Roffe, after Sir William Boxall
stipple engraving, circa 1831-1835
NPG D8812
by James Bromley, published by Moon, Boys & Graves, published by James Ryman, published by Robert Roe, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 10 June 1832
NPG D36297
by Samuel Bellin, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, (1849)
NPG D7885
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 1 July 1850
NPG D11186
by Samuel Cousins, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, 1853
NPG D10588
by and published by William Walker, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 1 March 1853
NPG D35717
by Samuel Bellin, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 1858
NPG D34162
by Samuel Bellin, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 1858
NPG D8252
(John) Frederick Andrew Johann Friedrich Andreas Huth
by Samuel Cousins, published by David Thomas White, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 4 April 1860
NPG D36421
(John) Frederick Andrew Johann Friedrich Andreas Huth
by Samuel Cousins, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 1860
NPG D36422
by Samuel Cousins, published by Holloway & Son, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 20 July 1864
NPG D34455
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