Luke Fildes
(1843-1927), Illustrator and genre and portrait painterSir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
Sitter in 14 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 Luke Fildes
oil on canvas, 1920, based on a work of 1894
NPG 1889
reduced replica by Luke Fildes
oil on canvas board, 1896
NPG 2917
replica by Luke Fildes
oil on canvas, 1902-1912, based on a work of 1902
NPG 1691
by Luke Fildes
oil on canvas, 1919
NPG 4843
Charles Dickens, his characters and the empty chair
possibly after Harriet Anne Callow (née Smart), after John & Charles Watkins, and after Luke Fildes
albumen print, 1872
NPG x135439
published by The Graphic, after Luke Fildes
colour relief print, published 1893 (1893)
NPG D34015
published by The Graphic, after Luke Fildes
colour relief print, published 1893 (1893)
NPG D34065
by Frédéric Auguste La Guillermie, published by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Luke Fildes
etching, 1895 (1894)
NPG D33956
after Luke Fildes
photograph, 1955 or before (1899)
NPG D39712
published by The Graphic, after Luke Fildes
relief halftone, published 11 May 1910 (8 May 1910)
NPG D33852
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