David Wilkie

1785–1841 · United Kingdom

Sir David Wilkie (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his genre scenes. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. Wikipedia

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Works

“Reading the Will”, 1820 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“The Highland Family”, 1824 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch”, 1818–1822 — Apsley House
“Bathsheba at the Bath”, 1817 — Walker Art Gallery
“The Blind Fiddler”, 1806 — National Gallery
“The First Council of Queen Victoria”, 1838 — Royal Collection
“The Defence of Saragossa”, 1828 — Royal Collection
“George IV (1762-1830)”, 1829 — Royal Collection
“The Penny Wedding”, 1818 — Royal Collection
“His Highness Muhemed Ali, Pacha of Egypt”, 1841 — National Gallery
“Josephine and the Fortune-teller”, 1837 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Napoleon and Pope Pius VII at Fontainebleau in 1813”, 1836 — National Gallery of Ireland
“The Village Holiday”, 1809–1811 — National Gallery
“Christopher Columbus Explaining His Intended Voyage”, 1834
“The Letter of Introduction”, 1813 — National Galleries of Scotland
“The Parish Beadle”, 1821 — National Gallery
“Diana and Callisto”, 1803 — Chrysler Museum of Art
“The Peep-o’-Day Boys’ Cabin, in the West of Ireland”, 1835 — National Gallery
“Blind-Man's Buff”, 1812 — Royal Collection
“The Preaching of John Knox before the Lords of the Congregation 10th June 1559”, 1832 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Queen Victoria (1819–1901), in Robes of State”, 1840 — Lady Lever Art Gallery
“Abd-ul-Mejid (1823-1861), Sultan of Turkey”, 1840 — Royal Collection
“William IV (1765-1837)”, 1832 — Royal Collection
“The Confessional”, 1827 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Distraining for Rent”, 1815 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Pitlessie Fair”, 1804 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Washington Irving in the Archives of Seville”, 1828 — Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
“Frederick, Duke of York and Albany”, 1823 — National Portrait Gallery
“The Entrance of George IV at Holyroodhouse”, 1826 — Royal Collection
“The Guerilla's Return”, 1830 — Royal Collection
“I Pifferari”, 1827 — Royal Collection
“The Spanish Posada: A Guerilla Council of War”, 1828 — Royal Collection
“The Duke of Wellington writing Dispatches”, 1836 — Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums collections
“Newsmongers”, 1821 — National Gallery
“The Cottage Toilet”, 1824 — Wallace Collection
“Grace Before Meat”, 1839 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“Portrait of Daniel O'Connell as Governor of the National Bank”, 1838 — National Gallery of Ireland
“Sheepwashing”, 1816 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Boys Digging for Rats”, 1812 — Royal Academy of Arts
“The Errand Boy”