Chalk on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Art Fund
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-jackson-295" aria-label="More by John Jackson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Jackson</a>
Sir David Wilkie RA
Presented by Sir J.C. Robinson through the Art Fund 1908
adults
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
individuals: male
man
named individuals
people
portraits
Wilkie, David, Sir
work and occupations
<p>Sir David Wilkie was one of the most important figures in the development of genre or subject painting at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Pictures by him can be seen in this room as well as Galleries 5 and 9. His work borrowed from the example of Dutch and Flemish art of the seventeenth century, which was then proving popular with art collectors. Hazlitt wrote that Wilkie's pictures 'may be considered as diaries, or minutes of what is passing constantly about us'. The creator of this portrait, John Jackson, was primarily known as an engraver.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique chalk
11 April 2014 – 21 September 2014
2014-09-21
11 April 2014 – 21 September 2014
2014-09-21
2014-04-11
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-04-11
The Craze for Pastel
Collection based display
Sir David Wilkie, R.A.
support: 273 × 213 mm
Presented by Sir J.C. Robinson through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1908
<p>Sir David Wilkie was one of the most important figures in the development of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/genres" title="Glossary definition for 'Genres'"><span>genre</span></a> or subject <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Pictures by him can be seen in this room as well as Galleries 5 and 9. His work borrowed from the example of Dutch and Flemish art of the seventeenth century, which was then proving popular with art collectors. Hazlitt wrote that Wilkie's pictures 'may be considered as diaries, or minutes of what is passing constantly about us'. The creator of this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a>, John Jackson, was primarily known as an <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraver</span></a>.</p>
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adults artist, painter arts and entertainment individuals: male man named individuals people portraits Wilkie, David, Sir work and occupations