Frederick Walker

Sitterback to top

• Frederick Walker (1840-1875), Painter and illustrator. Sitter in 11 portraits, Artist of 1 portrait.

Artistback to top

• David Wilkie Wynfield (1837-1887), Painter and photographer. Artist associated with 34 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Part of a pioneering photographic project conducted by the artist David Wilkie Wynfield, in which he photographed his artistic contemporaries and other prominent individuals in historical dress. Wynfield anonymously published the series as The Studio: A Collection of Photographic Portraits of Living Artists, Taken in the Style of the Old Masters, by An Amateur (1864). The potent results, such as this soulful, soft focus portrait of the talented watercolourist, Frederick Walker, influenced the celebrated photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. By depicting Walker in profile as a Renaissance courtier, Wynfield imbued his subject with affecting gravitas.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 638

Portrait setback to top

• Victorian artists: photographs by David Wilkie Wynfield, 1860s

Subject/Themeback to top

• On display at the Gallery