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Sir Sidney Colvin

Header: Sir Sidney Colvin
Also known as: Sir Sidney Colvin; primary name: Colvin, Sidney
Details: individual; curator; academic/intellectual; journalist/critic; British; Male
Life dates: 1845-1927
Biography: Art critic and writer, particularly for 'The Portfolio' and 'The Fortnightly Review'; Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1876-83; then Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, 1883-1912. Knighted in 1911. Friend and literary mentor of Robert Louis Stevenson (q.v.). For portrait, see www.oxforddnb.com
Bibliography: (autobiography) 'Memories and notes of persons and places', 1921 (biography) E.V.Lucas, 'The Colvins and their friends', 1928 Letters in the McCrimmon collection (BL Add. Ms. 70853) Described in Henry James's 'Golden Bowl, c.32,' as 'Mr Crichton'.

335 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.27 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.18 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1755-1826

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0802.4 |
Producer name: BIOG21691 Drawn by:Randolph Caldecott |
Production date: 1846-1886

drawing

Museum number: 1885,1010.47 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1757-1827

drawing

Museum number: 1927,0903.2 |
Producer name: BIOG52330 Drawn by:George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle |
Production date: 1873

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1906,1123.4 |
Producer name: BIOG44526 Drawn by:John Ruskin |
Production date: 1819-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.18 |
Producer name: BIOG40143 Drawn by:William Nicholl |
Production date: 1794-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1893,0628.2 |
Producer name: BIOG35331 Drawn by:Alphonse Legros |
Production date: 1893

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0802.5 |
Producer name: BIOG21736 Drawn by:Edward Calvert |
Production date: 1868

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.16 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0226.1 |
Producer name: BIOG40748 Drawn by:Frederick Walter Osborne |
Production date: 1893

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0802.1 |
Producer name: BIOG52330 Drawn by:George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle |
Production date: 1843-1911

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.22 |
Producer name: BIOG44101 Drawn by:George Romney |
Production date: 1734-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1976,1204.8 |
Producer name: BIOG22990 Drawn by:Sir George Clausen |
Production date: 1921

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.22 |
Producer name: BIOG40143 Drawn by:William Nicholl |
Production date: 1794-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.23 |
Producer name: BIOG40143 Drawn by:William Nicholl |
Production date: 1794-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0802.2 |
Producer name: BIOG21691 Drawn by:Randolph Caldecott |
Production date: 1846-1886

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0226.2 |
Producer name: BIOG40748 Drawn by:Frederick Walter Osborne |
Production date: 1859-1903

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.20 |
Producer name: BIOG44101 Drawn by:George Romney |
Production date: 1734-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.20 |
Producer name: BIOG40143 Drawn by:William Nicholl |
Production date: 1794-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1927,0903.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21431 Drawn by:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1890

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0217.37 |
Producer name: BIOG25166 Drawn by:Anthony Devis |
Production date: 1750-1816

drawing

Museum number: 1885,1010.46 |
Producer name: BIOG21736 Drawn by:Edward Calvert |
Production date: 1799-1883

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0802.3 |
Producer name: BIOG21691 Drawn by:Randolph Caldecott |
Production date: 1846-1886

drawing

Museum number: 1908,0604.2 |
Producer name: BIOG42371 Drawn by:Paul Falconer Poole |
Production date: 1807-1879

drawing

Museum number: 1927,0903.3 |
Producer name: BIOG23385 Drawn by:Sir Sidney Colvin |
Production date: 1845-1927

drawing

Museum number: 1888,1123.17 |
Producer name: BIOG39289 Drawn by:Albert Moore |
Production date: 1867-1868

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.24 |
Producer name: BIOG44101 Drawn by:George Romney |
Production date: 1734-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.17 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.23 |
Producer name: BIOG44101 Drawn by:George Romney |
Production date: 1734-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1947,0217.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21736 Drawn by:Edward Calvert |
Production date: 1822

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31922 Drawn by:Charles Holroyd |
Production date: 1861-1917

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.19 |
Producer name: BIOG40143 Drawn by:William Nicholl |
Production date: 1794-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.19 |
Producer name: BIOG44101 Drawn by:George Romney |
Production date: 1734-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1976,1204.4 |
Producer name: BIOG22990 Drawn by:Sir George Clausen |
Production date: 1921

drawing

Museum number: 1976,1204.6 |
Producer name: BIOG22990 Drawn by:Sir George Clausen |
Production date: 1921

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0217.38 |
Producer name: BIOG25166 Drawn by:Anthony Devis |
Production date: 1750-1816

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1906,1123.3 |
Producer name: BIOG44526 Drawn by:John Ruskin |
Production date: 1819-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.21 |
Producer name: BIOG44101 Drawn by:George Romney |
Production date: 1734-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.26 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1927,0903.4 |
Producer name: BIOG23385 Drawn by:Sir Sidney Colvin |
Production date: 1886

drawing

Museum number: 1976,1204.5 |
Producer name: BIOG22990 Drawn by:Sir George Clausen |
Production date: 1921

drawing

Museum number: 1976,1204.7 |
Producer name: BIOG22990 Drawn by:Sir George Clausen |
Production date: 1921

drawing

Museum number: 1908,0604.3 |
Producer name: BIOG42371 Drawn by:Paul Falconer Poole |
Production date: 1862

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.21 |
Producer name: BIOG40143 Drawn by:William Nicholl |
Production date: 1794-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0209.25 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1908,0511.1 |
Producer name: BIOG46742 Drawn by:Simeon Solomon |
Production date: 1868

drawing

Museum number: 1908,0604.4 |
Producer name: BIOG42371 Drawn by:Paul Falconer Poole |
Production date: 1807-1879

greeting-card

Title: The Chapel of the Sangraal |
Museum number: 1909,1223.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emery WalkerAfter:Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Production date: 1909

greeting-card

Museum number: 1911,0413.3

hanging scroll; painting

Museum number: 1912,0802,0.64 |
Producer name: BIOG11175 Made by:Ju Lian 居廉 |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Made in:Guangdong (province)

hashira-e

Museum number: 1911,0413,0.4 |
Producer name: BIOG3277 Print artist:Isoda Koryusai 磯田湖龍齋 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: Circa 1770 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

photographic print

Museum number: 1911,0413.6 |
Producer name: BIOG237939 Photographed by:Henry Walter Barnett |
Production date: 1880-1894

photographic print

Museum number: 2006,U.2869 |
Producer name: BIOG166233 Photographed by:James Russell & Sons |
Production date: 1852-1916

photographic print

Museum number: 1907,0116.1 |
Producer name: Photographed by:Bull, Austin & Co LtdAfter:Théodore Roussel |
Production date: 1906-1907

photographic print

Museum number: 1911,0413.5 |
Producer name: BIOG237939 Photographed by:Henry Walter Barnett |
Production date: 1880-1894

photographic print

Museum number: 1916,1230.3 |
Producer name: BIOG166233 Photographed by:James Russell & Sons |
Production date: 1852-1916

print; book-illustration

Title: À la fenêtre |
Museum number: 1949,0411.3332 |
Producer name: BIOG37021 Print made by:Édouard Manet |
Production date: 1875

print; book-illustration

Title: The manner of carrying Nicholas Burton through the City of Sevill to the Place of his Martyrdom |
Museum number: 1901,0706.65 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Viel espagnol |
Museum number: 1912,0802.22 |
Producer name: BIOG35331 Print made by:Alphonse Legros |
Production date: 1872

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1888,0215.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Brassey HoleAfter:Johannes Bosboom |
Production date: 1886

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0331.9 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1562 |
Production place: Printed in:Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

print

Museum number: 1909,0607.51 |
Producer name: BIOG18806 After:Thomas Beach |
Production date: 1840-1909

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sidney Colvin |
Museum number: 2006,U.2870 |
Producer name: BIOG31892 After:Frederick Hollyer |
Production date: 1860-1927

print

Title: Hirtenknabe am blumigen Ufer |
Museum number: 1912,0802.35 |
Producer name: BIOG48335 Print made by:Hans Thoma |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1904,0226.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Battista Franco |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Museum number: 1906,0111.9

print; book-illustration

Title: The Burning of John Hooper at Glocester |
Museum number: 1901,0706.38 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print

Title: Battle of Cascina |
Museum number: 1912,0802.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi SchiavonettiAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1808

print

Museum number: 1912,0802.9 |
Producer name: BIOG26939 Print made by:Robert Farren |
Production date: 1881

print; book-illustration

Title: The Burning of Rose Allins Hand by Edmund Tyrill |
Museum number: 1901,0706.51 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print

Museum number: 1908,0312.32.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Petrus Johannes ArendzenAfter:Francesco Francia |
Production date: 1865-1932

print

Museum number: 1904,0226.17 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Antonio da TrentoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1549

print; book-illustration

Title: Colonel George Gray |
Museum number: 1898,0521.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:William H WardAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1898 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print

Museum number: 1911,0112.51 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1900s

print

Museum number: 1898,1207.14 |
Producer name: After:Lancelot SpeedBlock cut by:Thomas Samuel Bayley |
Production date: 1875-1898

print

Title: Charlotte-Genevieve-Louise-Auguste-Andree-Thimothee D'Eon De Beaumont |
Museum number: 1886,1221.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste BradelPublished by:Jean Baptiste Bradel |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Burning of Cicely Ormes at Norwich |
Museum number: 1901,0706.36 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print

Museum number: 1888,0215.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips ZilckenAfter:Anton Mauve |
Production date: 1890

print

Title: Dransfeld |
Museum number: 1912,0802.15 |
Producer name: BIOG31394 Print made by:John Postle Heseltine |
Production date: 1869

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Route de la butte aux aires, Fontainebleau |
Museum number: 1912,0608.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Théophile ChauvelPrinted by:C Wittmann |
Production date: 1909 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Martyrdom of G. Catmer, R. Streater, A. Burward, G. Brodbridg, & J. Tutty, at Canterbury |
Museum number: 1901,0706.33 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print

Title: Sir Henry Englefield Bart |
Museum number: 1912,0608.60 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:William H Ward |
Production date: 1898 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print

Museum number: 1897,0529.4 |
Producer name: BIOG42146 After:Rosie Pitman |
Production date: 1896

print

Museum number: 1904,0226.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio da TrentoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1527-1530

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The trial of M. D'Eon by a jury of matrons |
Museum number: 1886,1221.6 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1771

print

Museum number: 1904,0226.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoAfter:Francesco Salviati |
Production date: 1540-1550

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: C. Gervatius |
Museum number: 1912,0802.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul RajonAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1858-1888

print; book-illustration

Title: The Martyrdom of John Kurde at Northampton |
Museum number: 1901,0706.23 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print; book-illustration

Title: The Burning of Thomas Tomkins Hand by Bishop Bonner |
Museum number: 1901,0706.39 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print; admission-ticket

Title: Coronation ticket Westminster Abbey |
Museum number: 1904,0226.3 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1761

print; book-illustration

Title: The Burning of M Bucer and P Phagius Bones A Solemn Procession of the University of Cambridge |
Museum number: 1901,0706.70 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Wats taking leave of his Wife & Children |
Museum number: 1901,0706.16 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print; book-illustration

Title: The Burning of Four Martyrs in Canterbury |
Museum number: 1901,0706.37 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print; calendar

Museum number: 1887,0122.3 |
Producer name: AUTH224649 Printed by:Kunstanstalt Oscar Consée |
Production date: 1886 |
Production place: Printed in:Munich

print; book-illustration

Title: The Burning of Agnes Potton & Joan Trunchfield at Ipswich |
Museum number: 1901,0706.28 |
Producer name: BIOG20574 Print made by:Thomas Bowles II |
Production date: 1710-1767

print

Title: Cecilia |
Museum number: 1916,0706.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Allen & CoAfter:John Opie |
Production date: mid 19thC

print; book-illustration

Title: Sous la lampe |
Museum number: 1949,0411.3330 |
Producer name: BIOG37021 Print made by:Édouard Manet |
Production date: 1875

print; book-illustration

Title: J. B. S. Morritt, Esq. |
Museum number: 1898,0521.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:William H WardAfter:Sir Martin Archer Shee |
Production date: 1898

print

Museum number: 1920,0608.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emery WalkerAfter:Gillman & Co |
Production date: 1918 |
Production place: Photographed in:Oxford