Richard Doyle

British · 1824–1883 · Painter, Printmaker

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TAM O'SHANTER, THE CHASE OF THE CHALICEWhyte's · Feb 2008€2,000≈ $2,963≈ £1,507Sign up to see
Illustrations for a Childrens BookMorgan O'Driscoll · Sep 2023€700≈ $751≈ £600Sign up to see

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British illustrator (1824-1883)

Born 1824, LondonDied 1883, LondonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q325027 ↗ULAN 500027440 ↗Museum works 9

fairy painting

Also known as Dick Kitcat, Dickie Doyle, Dicky Doyle, R. Doyle

Works in museum collections

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

Richard Doyle, Border design with knights, ladies and dragons (recto); Sketches for border elements (verso) — **Border design with knights, ladies and dragons (recto); Sketches for border elements (verso)**ca. 1855 · Recto: graphite, pen and black ink, touches of brush and yellow-green wash Verso: graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …

Richard Doyle, The Enchanted Tree — **The Enchanted Tree**1868 · Watercolor, gouache, gummed watercolor, applied in layered, opaque and transparent washes with the underlying paper revealed in minute areas throughout the composition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2023 — Open Access (CC0)

Richard Doyle, The Fairy Queen Takes an Airy Drive in a Light Carriage, a Twelve-in-hand, drawn by Thoroughbred Butterflies — **The Fairy Queen Takes an Airy Drive in a Light Carriage, a Twelve-in-hand, drawn by Thoroughbred Butterflies**1870 · Color wood engraving and color lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970 — Open Access …

Richard Doyle, Scene from 'The Sleeping Beauty': the Good Fairy leaving the christening of the Princess — **Scene from 'The Sleeping Beauty': the Good Fairy leaving the christening of the Princess**
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Richard Doyle, Title page for Punch, vol. VIII — **Title page for Punch, vol. VIII**1845
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · Richard Doyle, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

Richard Doyle, Bluebeard Giving the Keys to Fatima — **Bluebeard Giving the Keys to Fatima**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · Richard Doyle, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

Richard Doyle, Design for the Title Page of Punch — **Design for the Title Page of Punch**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · Richard Doyle, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

Richard Doyle, Brown, Jones and Robinson — **Brown, Jones and Robinson**1854
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Richard Doyle, Snow White and Rose Red — **Snow White and Rose Red**n.d. · Watercolor over graphite on ivory wove paper, laid down on card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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