Luke Fildes
(1843-1927), Illustrator and genre and portrait painterSir (Samuel) Luke Fildes
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
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.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3570
by Philip Alexius de László
oil on board, 1914
NPG 4960
by Samuel Mather Webster
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1860s
NPG x136471
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1879-1880
NPG x27579
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1879-1880
NPG x11851
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print on card and paper mount, published 1894 (1880s?)
NPG x20435
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1894 (1880s?)
NPG Ax27925
by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co
platinum print, published 1892
NPG x7363
by W. & D. Downey
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1895
NPG x11852
by Richard Williams Thomas, published by Charles William Faulkner & Co ('C.W.F. & Co')
postcard print, circa 1901
NPG x136029
by Richard Williams Thomas, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, circa 1901
NPG x197689
by Elliott & Fry, or by E.H. Mills, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, circa 1903, published circa 1903-1907
NPG x136475
Luke Fildes ('Men of the Day. No. 552')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 December 1892
NPG D44626
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