Henry William Pickersgill
(1782-1875), Portrait painterSitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 111 portraits
Having worked initially in the silk trade, Henry Pickersgill enrolled at the Royal Academy schools in 1805 and began exhibiting there the following year. Pickersgill was for over sixty years a constant and prolific exhibitor at the Royal Academy, where nearly four hundred of his paintings were shown. He was elected an associate in 1822 and a royal academician in 1826. During his long career, he painted nearly all of the most celebrated people of his time. In 1856, Pickersgill became librarian of the Royal Academy, and held the post until his death.
by and published by Charles Fox, after Henry William Pickersgill
stipple engraving, published 20 August 1835
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt
by William James Ward, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1835
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by Ferdinand Jean de la Ferté Joubert, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, after 1836
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by Charles Fox, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1837
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by Charles Fox, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1837
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by Edward Francis Finden, published by Charles Tilt, after Henry William Pickersgill
stipple engraving, published 1837
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by William James Ward, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1838
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by R.P. Barlow, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1839
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by Henry Thomas Ryall, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1840
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by George Raphael Ward, published by W. Thompson & Son, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 15 June 1840
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by Henry Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 20 June 1841
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John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by George Thomas Payne, published by Thomas McLean, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1 July 1841
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by Charles Edward Wagstaff, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, 1841 or after (1840)
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by Edward Richard Whitfield, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1842
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by Edward Richard Whitfield, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1842
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by Charles Edward Wagstaff, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1842
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by and published by Charles Edward Wagstaff, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by William Simon Penny, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, mid-late 1840s
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by and published by Charles Edward Wagstaff, printed by Brooker & Harrison, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1 May 1843
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Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy
by Augustus Fox, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, (1845)
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt
by J. Cook, after Henry William Pickersgill
stipple engraving, 1845 or after
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