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Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841

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  • A family gathers to hear the last will and testament of a deceased member with the old lady by the door looking startled. Engraving after D. Wilkie.
  • A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.
  • An Indian man sits with a smoking hookah on his knee. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1846, after D. Wilkie.
  • Constantinople: a man sits to write a letter as two women watch over his shoulder. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • A female gipsy breast feeding her child. Mezzotint by H. Meyer, 1817, after D. Wilkie.
  • Constantinople: a boy presents a smoking hookah to Mr Sotiri, Albanian interpreter to the British consul in Bucharest. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • A Jewish woman, seated, holding her infant child. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, ca. 1840.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, dressed as a retired Commodore. Mixed-method print by F. C. Lewis, 1826, after D. Wilkie, 1823.
  • A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother, two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Line engraving after D. Wilkie.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a large family. Engraving by T. Nicholson after David Wilkie.
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    A child has been told her face is dirty, so she wipes it clean while her mother holds the mirror and her brother points to her reflection. Engraving by J. Mitchell after Sir David Wilkie, R.A.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Reference: 27296i
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    A boy with a cut finger is treated by his mother, while two other siblings hold him as he resists. Line engraving by F.S. Goulu after D. Wilkie.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Reference: 16963i
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    Three Greek sisters at Tarabya, northern Istanbul. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Date: 1843 | Reference: 730160i
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    A blind man plays the fiddle to a large family. Engraving by T. Nicholson after David Wilkie.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 34111i
    Part of: National Gallery of pictures by the great masters.
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    Chelsea Pensioners and others hearing the news of Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Etching.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Date: 1831 | Reference: 20755i
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