Sir David Wilkie

1785-1841 British Sir David Wilkie Galleries Wilkie may have inherited his rectitude and tenacity, even his nervous inhibitions, from his father, the minister of his native parish. Though little responsive to schooling, he showed an early inclination towards mimicry that expressed itself in drawings, chiefly of human activity. In these he was influenced by a copy of Allan Ramsay pastoral comedy in verse, the Gentle Shepherd (1725), illustrated by David Allan in 1788. One of the few surviving examples of his early drawings represents a scene from it (c. 1797; Kirkcaldy, Fife, Mus. A.G.). Wilkie cherished the demotic spirit of this book and its illustrations throughout his life.
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Sir David Wilkie Reading the Will oil painting


Reading the Will
Painting ID::  70531 		Artist: Sir David Wilkie
Painting: Reading the Will
Introduction: Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *76 ?? 115 cm
   
   
     
Sir David Wilkie Victoria holding a Privy Council meeting oil painting


Victoria holding a Privy Council meeting
Painting ID::  90757 		Artist: Sir David Wilkie
Painting: Victoria holding a Privy Council meeting
Introduction: 1838 (Public Domain by age). Oil on canvas. cjr
   
   
     
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     1785-1841 British Sir David Wilkie Galleries Wilkie may have inherited his rectitude and tenacity, even his nervous inhibitions, from his father, the minister of his native parish. Though little responsive to schooling, he showed an early inclination towards mimicry that expressed itself in drawings, chiefly of human activity. In these he was influenced by a copy of Allan Ramsay pastoral comedy in verse, the Gentle Shepherd (1725), illustrated by David Allan in 1788. One of the few surviving examples of his early drawings represents a scene from it (c. 1797; Kirkcaldy, Fife, Mus. A.G.). Wilkie cherished the demotic spirit of this book and its illustrations throughout his life.