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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.20 |
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: 1908,0604.2 |
Producer name: BIOG42371 Drawn by:Paul Falconer Poole |
Production date: 1807-1879

drawing

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing

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

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: 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: 1911,0413.6 |
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

photographic print

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

print

Museum number: 1898,1207.13 |
Producer name: BIOG46897 After:Lancelot Speed |
Production date: 1884

print

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

print

Museum number: 1884,0308.815-817 |
Producer name: BIOG69303 After:Charles Fairfax Murray |
Production date: 1883

print

Museum number: 1912,0802.60 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1881

print

Title: Odo Russell Baron Ampthill |
Museum number: 1900,0530.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert Stewart CloustonAfter:Charles Holroyd |
Production date: 1872-1900

print

Museum number: 1895,0628.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:George Frederick Watts |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: The Lady with the rooks |
Museum number: 1885,1010.42 |
Producer name: BIOG21736 Print made by:Edward Calvert |
Production date: 1829

print

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

print

Museum number: 1912,0608.8 |
Producer name: BIOG35042 After:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1900-1912

print

Museum number: 1911,0112.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Gentile Bellini |
Production date: 1900s

print

Museum number: 1898,1207.8 |
Producer name: BIOG46897 After:Lancelot Speed |
Production date: 1875-1898

print

Title: The Cyder Feast |
Museum number: 1885,1010.38 |
Producer name: BIOG21736 Print made by:Edward Calvert |
Production date: 1828

print

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

print

Museum number: 1898,1207.9 |
Producer name: After:Lancelot SpeedBlock cut by:S Peres |
Production date: 1875-1898

print

Title: The snow queen |
Museum number: 1897,0529.3 |
Producer name: BIOG42146 After:Rosie Pitman |
Production date: 1896

print

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

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; playing-card

Museum number: 1901,0706.9.1-78 |
Producer name: BIOG199833 Published by:C F Carrajat |
Production date: 18thC(late) |
Production place: Published in:Chambéry

print

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

print

Museum number: 1904,0226.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea AndreaniAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1586

print

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

print

Museum number: 1904,0226.18 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Antonio da TrentoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

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

print; title-page

Museum number: 1912,0401.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jost AmmanPublished by:Hieronymus Feyerabend |
Production date: 1571 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

print

Title: Elisabeth de Valois |
Museum number: 1907,1220.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:J J WaddingtonAfter:Antonis Mor |
Production date: early 20thC

print

Museum number: 1909,0607.66 |
Producer name: After:Sir George ReidPrint made by:Swan Electric Engraving Co |
Production date: 1903

print

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

print

Museum number: 1908,1231.12 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 After:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Matilda Betham |
Museum number: 1916,0706.12 |
Producer name: BIOG229427 Print made by:Allen & Co |
Production date: 1830-1900

print

Title: Robert Graham Betham |
Museum number: 1916,0706.11 |
Producer name: BIOG229427 Print made by:Allen & Co |
Production date: 1800-1850

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; 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

Title: Jeudi La semaine |
Museum number: 1912,0802.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Guillaume HaussoullierAfter:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1869

print; title-page

Title: La semaine |
Museum number: 1912,0802.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:Guillaume HaussoullierPublished by:Chalcographie du Louvre |
Production date: 1869

print

Title: Mardi La semaine |
Museum number: 1912,0802.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Guillaume HaussoullierAfter:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1869

print

Title: Vendredi La semaine |
Museum number: 1912,0802.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Guillaume HaussoullierAfter:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres |
Production date: 1869

print

Title: The Shepherd |
Museum number: 1885,0711.58 |
Producer name: BIOG43590 Print made by:George Richmond |
Production date: 1827

print; invitation

Museum number: 1903,0326.258 |
Producer name: BIOG27903 Print made by:Edwin Davis French |
Production date: 1894

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1901,0204.1 |
Producer name: BIOG78503 Print made by:Charles William Sherborn |
Production date: 1899

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

Museum number: 1912,0802.31 |
Producer name: BIOG47279 Print made by:Wilhelm August Theodor Steinhausen |
Production date: 1890s

print

Title: Retour d'une bonne action |
Museum number: 1912,0802.24 |
Producer name: BIOG39231 Print made by:Georges Montbard |
Production date: 1875

print; newspaper/periodical

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