William Powell Frith

1819–1909

William Powell Frith, ‘The Derby Day’ 1856–8
The Derby Day 1856–8
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Walk Through British Art: 1840

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Biography

William Powell Frith (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting The Sleeping Model as his Diploma work. He has been described as the "greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth".

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The Clique Victorian / Genre

Artworks

William Powell Frith, ‘The Derby Day’ 1856–8

William Powell Frith The Derby Day

1856–8
William Powell Frith, ‘Dolly Varden’ c.1842–9

William Powell Frith Dolly Varden

c.1842–9
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
William Powell Frith, ‘Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman’ 1865

William Powell Frith Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman

1865

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William Powell Frith, ‘The Derby Day’ 1856–8
Art Term

Narrative

Narrative art is art that tells a story

William Powell Frith, ‘Dolly Varden’ c.1842–9
Art Term

The Clique

The Clique was an informal society formed in around 1837 by a group of friends while they were students at ...

Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 1’ 1858
Art Term

Social realism

Refers to any realist painting that also carries a clearly discernible social or political comment

A 150 year-old primed canvas which has never been painted displays all the basic deterioration characteristics of a finished painting on a stretched canvas
Tate Papers

Paintings on Canvas: Lining and Alternatives

Stephen Hackney

This paper catalogues major changes in attitude during the last thirty years to conservation practice for the treatment of degraded ...

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