Wilkie and his Circle
Sir David Wilkie’s influence on British genre painting, domestic and historical, both during his lifetime and throughout the nineteenth century was profound. In his lifetime, he was regarded as the equal of his great contemporaries Turner and Constable.
Whilst his Scottish contemporaries followed his lead in subject matter and learned from his prodigious technical skills, they were an individualistic and disparate group of painters. In 1805 Wilkie, aged 20, moved to London and his immediate success gave other Scottish painters the courage to follow him.
Our exhibition marks the publication of David Wilkie: The Complete Paintings by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Written by Hamish Miles (1925–2017) and edited by Alex Kidson, this catalogue is the culmination of decades of research and is the first complete catalogue of Wilkie’s paintings.
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Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA, Study of Two Girls Walking, 1838£ 1,200.00 -
Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA, A sketch for 'The Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch'£ 1,400.00 -
Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA, Lady Seated at a Window£ 280.00 -
Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA, Man Resting his Hands on a Stick£ 200.00 -
Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA, Beggar Woman with Two Children£ 200.00 -
Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA, The Sedan Chair£ 280.00 -
Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA, Woman at a Window, Reading a Letter£ 250.00 -
Sir David Wilkie RA HRSA, Reading the Will, 1819£ 450.00 -
David Allan, Catechising in the Church of Scotland, 1795£ 3,800.00 -
Alexander Carse, A travelling clothier outside an inn, 1831£ 6,500.00 -
Alexander Carse, The Travelling Clothier, Edinburgh in the Distance, 1812£ 6,500.00 -
Thomas Faed RA ARSA, From dawn to sunset, first thoughts, c.1860£ 750.00 -
Thomas Faed RA ARSA, The Crofter's Daughter, 1888£ 1,800.00 -
Alexander Fraser Jnr RSA RSW, The Letter£ 1,800.00 -
Walter Geikie RSA, Coming from the races£ 100.00 -
James Howe, Sir Malcolm Fleming of Barochan (1745-1811) with his falconer John Anderson, 1811£ 4,800.00 -
James Howe, Horse tethered in a stable£ 1,200.00 -
Alexander Johnston, A Stolen Glance£ 4,800.00 -
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William Kidd HRSA, An alehouse altercation£ 4,000.00 -
William Kidd HRSA, The Toast£ 1,800.00 -
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William McTaggart RSA RSW, Lintmill schoolroom, Campbeltown£ 3,500.00 -
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA, A Kent cottage interior£ 2,500.00 -
Scottish School, Sunday Morning£ 1,600.00 -
Scottish School, Interior on Deeside£ 1,600.00

