William Mulready

Irish · 1786–1863 · Painter, Printmaker

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Irish genre painter (1786–1863)

Born 1786, EnnisDied 1863, BayswaterOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q1230745 ↗ULAN 500015705 ↗Museum works 16

Also known as Mulready, Mulready, William, I, Mulruddy, R.A. W. Mulready, R. A. William Mulready, W. Mulready, William, I Mulready, William Mulready I and 1 other name form

Works in museum collections

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

William Mulready, Design for a Plate Border Representing Foreign Trade — **Design for a Plate Border Representing Foreign Trade**1800–1863 · Pen and brown ink over graphite with touches of graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …

William Mulready, Figure Studies — **Figure Studies**1832 · pen and brown ink on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

William Mulready, Study of a Male Nude — **Study of a Male Nude**c. 1852 · pen and black ink and watercolor with white gouache over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as the Gift of Dian Woodner — …

William Mulready, The Cottage — **The Cottage**
Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust

William Mulready, An Old Man in a Smock — **An Old Man in a Smock**
Nottingham Museums ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Nottingham Museums

William Mulready, Town on a River — **Town on a River**
Kettering Museum and Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Kettering Museum and Art Gallery

William Mulready, The Rehearsal — **The Rehearsal**
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

William Mulready, The Organ Grinder — **The Organ Grinder**
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

William Mulready, Ira Aldridge, Possibly in the Role of Othello — **Ira Aldridge, Possibly in the Role of Othello**1826
Walters Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Walters Art Museum

William Mulready, Carghill and Touchwood — **Carghill and Touchwood**1831
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

William Mulready, An Old Gable — **An Old Gable**1830
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

William Mulready, Girl — **Girl**n.d. · Black and white chalk with stumping, on gray wove paper, laid down on board
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

William Mulready, Portrait of George IV — **Portrait of George IV**n.d. · Black crayon, heightened with red and white crayon, on brown wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago — public domain (CC0)

William Mulready, Head of Roman Emperor — **Head of Roman Emperor**n.d. · Graphite on ivory laid paper, tipped on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

William Mulready, Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front — **Female Nude, Seated, Three Quarter View from Front**1859 · black and red crayon
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund — Open Access (CC0)

William Mulready, Head of a Bearded Man Gazing to His Left — **Head of a Bearded Man Gazing to His Left**1859 · pen and brown ink
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz — Open Access (CC0)

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

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