Alfred Thomas Derby
(1821-1873), Watercolour painterArtist associated with 30 portraits
Alfred Derby was the son of watercolour and miniature painter William Derby. After studying at the Royal Academy schools, he painted portraits and scenes from the novels of Walter Scott. In 1838, his father had a stroke, and until his father's death, he helped him to carry on producing watercolour copies of paintings by a number of other artists. After his father's death Derby continued to paint watercolours, mainly producing copies. He exhibited twenty-two pictures, mainly portraits, at the Royal Academy between 1848 and 1872, and also exhibited at the British Institution and the Suffolk Street Gallery.
Called James Smith Stanley, Lord Strange
possibly by Alfred Thomas Derby, possibly after Hamlet Winstanley
pencil, circa 1835-1842
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Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (before 1736)
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Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, possibly after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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Anne Ker (née Stanley), Countess of Ancram
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Gerrit van Honthorst
pencil, pen and ink, 10 June 1839 (1638)
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Anne Ker (née Stanley), Countess of Ancram
probably by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Gerrit van Honthorst
pencil, pen and ink, circa 10 June 1839 (1638)
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Charlotte Stanley (née de La Trémoille), Countess of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (circa 1636)
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James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (circa 1636)
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Charlotte Stanley (née de La Trémoille), Countess of Derby
probably by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Sir Peter Lely
pencil, circa 1839 (1651)
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Charlotte Stanley (née de La Trémoille), Countess of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Sir Peter Lely
watercolour and pencil, circa 1839 (1651)
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Lady Amelia-Anna-Sophia (née Stanley), Countess of Athol
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Mary Beale
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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William George Richard Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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Mary (née Egerton), Lady Stanley
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, pen and ink; watercolour, 1839
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Sir Edward Stanley, 3rd Bt of Bickerstaffe
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after F. Hodges
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (1666)
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Elizabeth (née Bosville), Lady Stanley
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, pen and ink, November 1839
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Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Bt of Bickerstaffe as a boy
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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probably by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, 1839
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by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Hamlet Winstanley
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (before 1725)
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Elizabeth Stanley (née Hesketh), Countess of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Hamlet Winstanley
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Hamlet Winstanley
pencil, pen and ink, 1839
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Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after William Derby
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (1837)
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Charlotte Margaret Stanley (née Hornby), Countess of Derby
by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (circa 1800)
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Lady Charlotte-Elizabeth Penryhn (née Stanley) and Lady Louisa Emily Long (née Stanley)
by Alfred Thomas Derby, probably by Sir George Hayter
pencil, pen and ink, 1839 (circa 1823)
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probably by Alfred Thomas Derby, possibly after Henry Perronet Briggs
pencil, pen and ink, circa 1839
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Frances Augusta Stanley (née Campbell)
probably by Alfred Thomas Derby, after William Derby
pencil, ink and wash, circa 1839
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by Alfred Thomas Derby
lithograph, probably 1840s
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Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
probably by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, after June 1842 (circa 1515)
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Eleanor Clifford (née Brandon), Countess of Cumberland
probably by Alfred Thomas Derby, after Unknown artist
pencil, pen and ink, 1842
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