Sir David Wilkie / The Hamilton Children / 1835

Sir David Wilkie
The Hamilton Children
1835
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Creator Name: Wilke, David
Creator Nationality: European; British; Scottish
Creator Role: painter
Creator Dates/Places: 1785 - 1841
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Sir David Wilkie
Title: The Hamilton Children
View: 3/4 view
Creation Start Date: 1835
Creation End Date: 1835
Creation Date: 1835
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: black and red chalk and watercolor heightened with white gouache on laid paper
Dimensions: H.23-1/4 x W.18-5/8 in.
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE; DATE
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 68.47
Credit Line: The David M. Daniels Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Sir David Wilkie began his studies at the Trustees' Academy in Edinburgh, and after early success he moved on to the Royal Academy Schools in London. He was named an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1807 and was elected to full membership in 1811. He was immensely popular, and had many important and influential patrons for his elaborate history paintings, genre subjects, and portraits. However, Wilkie's health was fragile, and on the return from a trip to the Holy Land in 1841 he suddenly became ill and died. He was buried at sea off the coast of Gibraltar.

In the mid-1830s, Wilkie was more involved with portraiture than genre and history subjects. This large and highly finished portrait of the Hamilton Children typifies his watercolor technique of this period.

AMICA ID: MIA_.68.47
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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