William Derby
(1786-1847), Watercolour and miniature painterSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 133 portraits
William Derby studied drawing with the landscape painter Joseph Barber. He moved to London in 1808, where he painted portraits in oils and watercolour, and miniatures. In 1825, he took over the copying of images for Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain from William Hilton; these were completed in 1834. Derby was commissioned by the Earl of Derby to make a series of watercolour drawings of the portraits of his ancestors from the reign of Henry VII onward, which were scattered around the country. William Derby exhibited many paintings, mainly portraits, at the Royal Academy between 1811 and 1837, and also exhibited at the Society of British Artists.
Charlotte Stanley (née de La Trémoille), Countess of Derby
by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1824
NPG D14386
Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey
by Robert Cooper, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple and line engraving, published 1 June 1825
NPG D27033
by Samuel Freeman, published by Thomas Tegg, after William Derby
stipple engraving, published 2 May 1825
NPG D35842
by Samuel Freeman, published by Thomas Tegg, after William Derby
stipple engraving, published 2 May 1825
NPG D35843
Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton of Stratton
by George Parker, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1825
NPG D35990
Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton of Stratton
by George Parker, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1825
NPG D35991
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
by Charles Turner, published by John Phillips, after William Derby
mezzotint, published 1 December 1825
NPG D36130
by James Thomson (Thompson), printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after William Derby, after Jonathan Richardson
line and stipple engraving, published 1 July 1825 (1713-1714)
NPG D36207
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Samuel Freeman, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1825
NPG D36324
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
by Robert Cooper, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
stipple engraving, published 24 December 1825
NPG D36618
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
by William Holl Sr, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1825
NPG D37050
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
by Edward Scriven, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1825
NPG D37345
Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey
by Robert Cooper, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple and line engraving, published 1 June 1825
NPG D37346
by Robert Cooper, published by Henry Colburn, after William Derby, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published May 1825
NPG D38504
by John Cochran, printed by Rest Fenner, published by Thomas Kelly, after William Derby
stipple engraving, published 19 February 1825
NPG D38763
by James Thomson (Thompson), printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after William Derby, after Jonathan Richardson
line and stipple engraving, published 1 July 1825 (1713-1714)
NPG D47373
Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire
by Edward Scriven, and by William Derby, published by Harding & Lepard, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1826
NPG D25821
William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh
by Thomas Anthony Dean, after William Derby, and after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1826
NPG D28209
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll
possibly by Samuel Freeman, after William Derby
stipple engraving, published 1826
NPG D30835
William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh
by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1826 (1635-1636)
NPG D34870
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