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Frederick Christian Lewis Sr

(1779-1856), Engraver and landscape painter

Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 192 portraits
An eminent painter, etcher, aquatint and stipple engraver, Lewis was a pupil of J.C. Stadler and studied at the Royal Academy schools. He first gained notice with his aquatints after Thomas Girtin's designs, which were published in 1803 as Twenty of the most Picturesque Views in Paris and its Environs. From 1808 to 1823, he was a principal engraver for William Otley's three-volume work on Renaissance art, The Italian School of Design. He contributed etchings for J.M.W. Turner's Liber Studiorum, as well as creating commissioned engravings after the designs of Landseer and Flaxman. Lewis was the father of engraver Charles George Lewis.

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probably Sir William Boothby, 9th Bt, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Joseph Slater - NPG D31994

probably Sir William Boothby, 9th Bt

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D31994

Maria Newdegate (née Boucherett), by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Sir Thomas Lawrence - NPG D38732

Maria Newdegate (née Boucherett)

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
soft-ground etching, early 19th century
NPG D38732

Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Alfred Edward Chalon - NPG D39946

Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D39946

Benjamin Schlick, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Gilbert Stuart Newton - NPG D40574

Benjamin Schlick

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Gilbert Stuart Newton
etching, stipple and aquatint engraving, early 19th century
NPG D40574

Henry Smedley, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr - NPG D41732

Henry Smedley

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D41732

Henry Smedley, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr - NPG D41733

Henry Smedley

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D41733

Frederick Cooke Smith, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  George Richmond - NPG D41747

Frederick Cooke Smith

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D41747

Henry Grattan, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  R. Kenny - NPG D15844

Henry Grattan

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after R. Kenny
stipple and line engraving, circa 1800
NPG D15844

William Sotheby, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Sir Thomas Lawrence - NPG D16138

William Sotheby

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, (circa 1807)
NPG D16138

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Sir Thomas Lawrence - NPG D37638

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, (circa 1811)
NPG D37638

Thomas Liscombe (Luscombe), by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by  Thomas Palser, after  William Brockedon - NPG D37358

Thomas Liscombe (Luscombe)

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by Thomas Palser, after William Brockedon
aquatint, published 12 March 1813
NPG D37358

Thomas Liscombe (Luscombe), by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by  Thomas Palser, after  William Brockedon - NPG D37359

Thomas Liscombe (Luscombe)

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by Thomas Palser, after William Brockedon
aquatint and watercolour, published 12 March 1813
NPG D37359

Claudius Buchanan, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Joseph Slater - NPG D32271

Claudius Buchanan

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, published 1815 (1814)
NPG D32271

Claudius Buchanan, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Joseph Slater - NPG D13550

Claudius Buchanan

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, published 1815 (1814)
NPG D13550

Margaret Agnes Bunn (née Somerville), by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Sir George Hayter - NPG D32385

Margaret Agnes Bunn (née Somerville)

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Sir George Hayter
stipple engraving, published 24 June 1816
NPG D32385

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after and published by  Sir George Hayter - NPG D33520

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after and published by Sir George Hayter
stipple engraving, 1816
NPG D33520

Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher when Miss O'Neill as Juliet, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  George Dawe - NPG D35813

Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher when Miss O'Neill as Juliet

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after George Dawe
hand-coloured engraving, published 20 May 1816
NPG D35813

Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher when Miss O'Neill as Juliet, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  George Dawe - NPG D35814

Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher when Miss O'Neill as Juliet

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after George Dawe
hand-coloured engraving, published 20 May 1816
NPG D35814

Charles Lloyd, by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after  Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner - NPG D37380

Charles Lloyd

by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner
mezzotint, (circa 1822)
NPG D37380

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