Frederick Walker

1840–1875

Frederick Walker, ‘The Woman in White’ 1871 — The Woman in White 1871
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Biography

Frederick Walker (London 26 May 1840 – 4 June 1875 St Fillans) was a British social realist painter and illustrator described by Sir John Everett Millais as "the greatest artist of the century".

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Artworks

Frederick Walker, ‘The Woman in White’ 1871

Frederick Walker The Woman in White

1871

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Frederick Walker, ‘The Harbour of Refuge’ 1872

Frederick Walker The Harbour of Refuge

1872

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Frederick Walker, ‘The Vagrants’ 1868

Frederick Walker The Vagrants

1868

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Frederick Walker, ‘The Old Gate’ 1874–5

Frederick Walker The Old Gate

1874–5

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Frederick Walker, ‘The Old Gate’ exhibited 1869

Frederick Walker The Old Gate

exhibited 1869

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Frederick Walker, ‘The Housewife’ 1871

Frederick Walker The Housewife

1871

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Frederick Walker, ‘Rain, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel’ published 1867

Frederick Walker Rain, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel

published 1867

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Frederick Walker, ‘Spring Days, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel’ published 1866

Frederick Walker Spring Days, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel

published 1866

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Philip Hermogenes Calderon, ‘St Elizabeth of Hungary’s Great Act of Renunciation’ 1891

St John’s Wood clique

A loose association of painters who lived in the St John’s Wood area of London in the 1870s and 1880s ...

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