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David Wilkie

43 works

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Oil sketch of eight small genre scenes in gilt frames hanging on a wall, including interiors with figures and a bagpiper.

The Only Child; The Jew's Harp; The Cut Finger; Blind Man's Buff; The Rent Day; The Scotch Piper; The Prieu-Dieu; and…

1850

Soldiers and townspeople gather outside a tavern on a street, with a mounted rider and a church tower in the background.

Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

1819

Interior of a rural cottage with a woman holding up a printed cloth as villagers and a seated man look on.

The Pedlar

1814

Sketch of a crowded room where a man reads a document at a table while onlookers and a woman in black gather around.

Sketch for 'The Reading of a Will'

1820

Oil painting of an elderly man in a yellow robe holding a letter beside a standing young man, with a dog, library shelves and

The Letter of Introduction

1813

Crowded village fair with cottages, stalls, cattle, dogs and figures in red coats under a cloudy sky.

Pitlessie Fair

1804

Painting of a royal procession with a mounted king on a white horse entering a castle gate, surrounded by soldiers and crowds

The Entrance of George IV at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

1828

Painting of a crowded cottage interior with a man holding a paper, a writing man by a canopy bed, and a family group.

Distraining for Rent

1815

Half-length oil portrait of a man with curly light hair, white collar and dark coat against a brown background.

Self-Portrait

1840

Old soldiers in red coats gather at a tavern table while one reads aloud, with a mounted rider, dogs and townspeople nearby.

Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch

1818

Oil portrait of a man with tousled reddish hair, grey coat, dark waistcoat and white cravat against a brown background.

Sir David Wilkie

1841

Oil portrait of a young man in a dark coat seated at a table with red cloth, gazing to the side.

Abraham Raimbach

1818

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark coat with a star insignia against a dark brown background.

King William IV

1837