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Frederic William Burton, A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child

Frederic William Burton

Irish · 1816–1900 · Painter

Sir Frederic William Burton was an Irish Victorian painter, mainly in watercolour, and curator who was the third director of the National Gallery, London for 20 years from 1874. (Wikipedia)

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  1. Frederic William Burton, Portrait of John Anster Fitzgerald, watercolourPortrait of John Anster FitzgeraldMorgan O'Driscoll · €5,000≈ $6,120≈ £4,404Sign up to see
  2. Frederic William Burton, Faust and Marguerite, watercolourFaust and MargueriteMorgan O'Driscoll · €3,800≈ $4,166≈ £3,316Sign up to see
  3. Frederic William Burton, Portrait of a Young Woman, Probably Miss Annie Callwell, conte pencil on paperPortrait of a Young Woman, Probably Miss Annie CallwellMorgan O'Driscoll · €2,300≈ $2,809≈ £1,987Sign up to see

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Sir Frederic William Burton was an Irish Victorian painter, mainly in watercolour, and curator who was the third director of the National Gallery, London for 20 years from 1874.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1816, CorofinDied 1900, KensingtonOccupation PainterWikidata Q1217590 ↗ULAN 500018121 ↗Museum works 6

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Also known as F. Burton, F. W. Burton, Frederick Burton Burton, Frederick W. Burton, Frederick William Burton, Sir Burton, Sir Frederic William Burton, Sir Frederick William Burton

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Frederic William Burton, A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child
A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child1840s/1850s · pen and brown ink with watercolor over graphite, heightened with white, on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …
Frederic William Burton, A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child
A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Sir Frederic William Burton, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Frederic William Burton, Arm and Shoulder of Nude Model
Arm and Shoulder of Nude Model
National Gallery of Ireland ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery of Ireland
Frederic William Burton, Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs
Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs1864
National Gallery of Ireland ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery of Ireland
Frederic William Burton, Dreams
Dreams1861
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · Frederic William Burton, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for Britis…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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