William Powell Frith
(1819-1909), PainterLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 25 portraits
Artist associated with 5 portraits
Painter; first made his name with historical genre scenes; in 1850s turned to large-scale contemporary subjects, painted with painstaking detail, like Ramsgate Sands (1853), Derby Day (1858), and The Railway Station (1862), which were immensely popular; later turned to morality subjects.
by Window & Grove
albumen cabinet card, circa 1908
NPG x15425
William Powell Frith ('Men of the Day, No. 63.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 May 1873
NPG D43587
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton; George Du Maurier; William Powell Frith
by George Du Maurier
pen and ink on paper, 3 April 1881
NPG D45755
Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
NPG D42236
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