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William Powell Frith

1819–1909

(Born Aldfield, nr. Ripon, Yorkshire, 9 January 1819; died London, 2 November 1909). English painter. He began his career with literary subjects (from Shakespeare, Scott, and other authors), but in the 1850s he turned to contemporary scenes, with which he had great commercial success.

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'Measuring Heights' c.1842 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

'Measuring Heights' c.1842 Victoria and Albert Museum
22nd Cheshire Regiment of Foot Pioneer, c.1858 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

22nd Cheshire Regiment of Foot Pioneer, c.1858 Cheshire Military Museum
A Boy and a Girl with Hounds 1860 Richard Ansdell (1815–1885) and William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

A Boy and a Girl with Hounds 1860 Fylde Council Town Hall
A Dream of the Future 1865 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

A Dream of the Future 1865 The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
A Royal Princess William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

A Royal Princess Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
A Scene from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' 1848 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

A Scene from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' 1848 Harris Museum & Art Gallery
A Tenby Prawn Seller 1880 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

A Tenby Prawn Seller 1880 National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
An English Merry-Making, a Hundred Years Ago c.1846 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

An English Merry-Making, a Hundred Years Ago c.1846 Victoria and Albert Museum
Annie Gambart c.1851 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Annie Gambart c.1851 The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
At the Opera 1855 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

At the Opera 1855 Harris Museum & Art Gallery
Augustus Egg (1816–1863) 1845–1853 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Augustus Egg (1816–1863) 1845–1853 Charles Dickens Museum, London
Before Dinner at Boswell's Lodging, 1769 1868 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Before Dinner at Boswell's Lodging, 1769 1868 The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Bianca William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Bianca Paintings and Sculptures owned by Colleges in the University of Cambridge
Catherine Seyton Looking from the Battlements at Loch Leven Castle William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Catherine Seyton Looking from the Battlements at Loch Leven Castle Harris Museum & Art Gallery
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) 1886 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) 1886 Charles Dickens Museum, London
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) 1859 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) 1859 Victoria and Albert Museum
Claude Duval 1859–1860 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Claude Duval 1859–1860 Manchester Art Gallery
Colonel Sir William Pollitt, VD, JP, DL, Officer of Order of Leopold, Belgium, British Railway Promoter and Government Official 1896 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Colonel Sir William Pollitt, VD, JP, DL, Officer of Order of Leopold, Belgium, British Railway Promoter and Government Official 1896 National Railway Museum
Dolly Varden c.1842–9 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Dolly Varden c.1842–9 Tate
Dolly Varden 1842 William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

Dolly Varden 1842 Victoria and Albert Museum