Frederick Christian Lewis Sr
(1779-1856), Engraver and landscape painterSitter 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.
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
soft-ground etching, early 19th century
NPG D38732
Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D39946
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Gilbert Stuart Newton
etching, stipple and aquatint engraving, early 19th century
NPG D40574
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D41732
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D41733
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D41747
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after R. Kenny
stipple and line engraving, circa 1800
NPG D15844
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
stipple engraving, (circa 1811)
NPG D37638
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by Thomas Palser, after William Brockedon
aquatint, published 12 March 1813
NPG D37358
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by Thomas Palser, after William Brockedon
aquatint and watercolour, published 12 March 1813
NPG D37359
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, published 1815 (1814)
NPG D32271
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
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
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
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
hand-coloured engraving, published 20 May 1816
NPG D35814
Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher when Miss O'Neill as Juliet
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after George Dawe
engraving, published 20 May 1816
NPG D35815
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner
mezzotint, (circa 1822)
NPG D37380
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