Frederick Sandys
(1829-1904), Painter and illustrator(Anthony) Frederick Augustus Sandys
Sitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 13 portraits
Frederick Augustus Sandys was the son of Anthony Sands, a minor local artist. He began his artistic education with his father and attended the Norwich School of Design from 1846. His precocious talent was recognised by the award of silver medals by the Society of Arts in 1846 and 1847. He moved to London in 1851, when he first exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1857 Sandys he met Dante Gabriel Rossetti and became a member of his circle. Sandys was an intimate friend of Rossetti from 1861 until 1869, when the latter accused him of plagiarism.
by Frederick Sandys
chalk and pencil, circa 1850
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by Frederick Sandys
chalk, circa 1855
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Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant
by Frederick Sandys
chalk, 1881
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by Frederick Sandys
lithograph, September 1848
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by Frederick Sandys, or by William Camden Edwards
etching, circa 1849-1850
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Sir Edward Hardinge John Stracey, 2nd Bt
by Richard James Lane, after Frederick Sandys
lithograph, 1849
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Sir Edward Hardinge John Stracey, 2nd Bt
by Richard James Lane, after Frederick Sandys
lithograph, 1849
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Sir Edward Hardinge John Stracey, 2nd Bt
by Richard James Lane, after Frederick Sandys
lithograph, 1849
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printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Priest & Green, and published by David Bogue, after Frederick Sandys
lithograph, circa 1850
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by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Frederick Sandys
lithograph, after 1853
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by W. Joseph Edwards, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Frederick Sandys
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1855
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after Frederick Sandys
collotype, (1884)
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by Charles William Sherborn, after Frederick Sandys
etching, 1890 (1861)
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