The Life of Sir David Wilkie: With his Journals, Tours, and Critical Remarks on Works of Art

by Allan Cunningham

Overview

Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) is often called the first truly international British artist. This three-volume biography, published in 1843, two years after Wilkie's sudden death while on a tour of the Mediterranean, and containing extracts from his journals and letters, remains an indispensable source for his life and works. Born in Scotland, Wilkie became a student at the Royal Academy in 1805, and in the following years the uncompromising realism of his scenes from rural life made his name known and attracted royal patronage: he was appointed 'the King's Limner in Scotland' by George IV. This work was compiled by his friend, the poet and critic Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), who himself died shortly after correcting the proofs: it was seen through the press by his son. Volume 3 continues the narrative from 1828, through Wilkie's appointment as the King's Painter in Ordinary in 1830, to his early death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108078948
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/26/2015
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.22(d)

Table of Contents

1. Letters; 2. Letters (cont.); 3. Wilkie completes his picture of 'John Knox preaching'; 4. Wilkie in Scotland; 5. Remarks on painting; 6. Wilkie removes to Kensington; 7. Royal Academy exhibition of 1838; 8. Wilkie at the Hague, etc.; 9. Wilkie at Constantinople, etc.; 10. Wilkie at Jaffa and Jerusalem; 11. Wilkie at Jerusalem; 12. Conclusion; Appendices.