Artist

David RA Wilkie

Study for the baby in 'The Peep 'O Day Boy'
Sir Robert Peel reading to the Queen
Untitled
Finding the body of Tippoo Sahib

David RA Wilkie is a Romanticism artist. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Wilkie made watercolors and drawings that told detailed stories, often about real people and events. His Finding the Body of Tippoo Sahib shows soldiers lifting a ruler’s dead body after a battle. The sketch for The Reading of the Will captures a tense family moment around a table. Tap The Peep o’Day Boy to explore his scenes of Irish history in bold pencil lines.

Works by David RA Wilkie

Collections represented

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