Sir David Wilkie
(1785-1841), PainterRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 21 portraits
Artist associated with 17 portraits
A pioneering genre painter and an original portraitist, Wilkie's scenes of Scottish peasant life won him much attention when he moved from Edinburgh to London in 1805. He was the friend of B.R. Haydon with whom he visited France 1814. Patronised by the Prince Regent he was made painter to King William IV who knighted him in 1836. His death on his way home from India in 1841 was commemorated by Turner's painting, Burial at Sea.
by William Henry Hunt
watercolour, circa 1809
NPG 2770
by John Jackson
pencil and chalk, circa 1810
NPG 3154
by Sir David Wilkie
oil on panel, 1813
NPG 53
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
pencil, 1816
NPG 2423
Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art'
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
oil on canvas, circa 1830
NPG 795
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132902
'David Wilkie arguing with some apprehension he will get the worst of it' (Sir David Wilkie)
by Charles Blair Leighton, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
lithograph, (1807)
NPG D7632
by and published by John Young, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D37528
by and published by John Young, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D37529
by and published by John Young, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1810
NPG D19316
by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after George Henry Harlow
etching, (1812)
NPG D22605
by George Henry Harlow
wash and pencil, 1812
NPG D6684
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, published 1 July 1815
NPG D38614
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, published 1 July 1815
NPG D14757
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1836
NPG D22521
by Francis Holl, after Thomas Phillips
stipple and line engraving, circa 1840-1880 (1829)
NPG D8509
by Francis Holl, after Thomas Phillips
stipple and line engraving, circa 1840-1880 (1829)
NPG D8510
by Edward McInnes, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 1843
NPG D4802
by Edward McInnes, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 1843
NPG D4803
by Sir George Scharf, after Sir David Wilkie
pencil on tracing paper, 1859
NPG D151
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