Samuel De Wilde

British · 1747–1832 · Painter, Printmaker

British portrait painter and etcher of Dutch descent

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Portraits of Georgian actors: Charles Farley, Henry Johnston, Nanette Johnston, George Cooke, Samuel Simmons, John Quick and John FawcettBonhams · Nov 2025£7,680≈ $10,078≈ €8,700Sign up to see
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British portrait painter and etcher of Dutch descent

Born 1747, LondonDied 1832, LondonOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q7411251 ↗ULAN 500000903 ↗Museum works 13

Also known as De Wilde, Paul (ps), Samuel de Wilde, Samuel Dewilde, Wilde

Works in museum collections

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

Samuel De Wilde, Portrait of Elisabeth Burder — **Portrait of Elisabeth Burder**1785
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)

Samuel De Wilde, William Shuttlewood — **William Shuttlewood**1788
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel De Wilde, John Quick as Tony Allspice — **John Quick as Tony Allspice**1796
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel De Wilde, Thomas King in "The Clandestine Marriage" by George Colman and David Garrick — **Thomas King in "The Clandestine Marriage" by George Colman and David Garrick**1792
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel De Wilde, Samuel Thomas Russell in Samuel Foote's "The Mayor of Garratt" — **Samuel Thomas Russell in Samuel Foote's "The Mayor of Garratt"**1810
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel De Wilde, John Quick and John Fawcett in Thomas Moreton's The Way to Get Married"" — **John Quick and John Fawcett in Thomas Moreton's The Way to Get Married""**1796
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel De Wilde, Gentleman in the Grounds of his House — **Gentleman in the Grounds of his House**1805
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel De Wilde, James Neild — **James Neild**1804
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

Samuel De Wilde, Portrait of B. Reading, Engraver — **Portrait of B. Reading, Engraver**June 16, 1798 · Etching on white wove paper, tipped to cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Mary S. Adams Endowment Fund — public domain (CC0)

Samuel De Wilde, Mr. Quick as Vellum in Addison's Drummer — **Mr. Quick as Vellum in Addison's Drummer**1792 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Kay Krehbiel, Lisb…

Samuel De Wilde, Woman with Lyre — **Woman with Lyre**c. 1816 · Charcoal, with touches of red chalk and brown chalk, on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Samuel De Wilde, Venus and Cupid — **Venus and Cupid**n.d. · Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Samuel De Wilde, Child Holding Hands above Head — **Child Holding Hands above Head**n.d. · Black chalk with stumping on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

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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Works in museum collections

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