Artist

William R.I. F.R.G.S. Simpson

Bethany, Palestine
A Doorway in Cairo
The Rock-Cut Church of Kados Kirkos at Dongola, Abyssinia
Strasburgh Cathedral

William R.I. F.R.G.S. Simpson is a British Romanticism artist. 22 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Simpson drew travel scenes in watercolor and pencil during the 1800s. He sketched A Doorway in Cairo in 1884, showing arched doorways and sunlight on stone. His 1855 Sebastopol: View from the Victoria Redoubt records a battlefield view from the Crimean War.

Tap his 1879 Buddhist Masonry in Jellalabad Valley to see how he framed ancient carvings with careful lines.

Works by William R.I. F.R.G.S. Simpson

Collections represented

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.