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Samuel De Wilde

Also known as: Samuel De Wilde; primary name: De Wilde, Samuel; other name: Paul, P; pseudonym: Paul, J S; pseudonym: Paul, Samuel; pseudonym: Paul
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1751-1832
Address: 9 Tavistock Row, Covent Garden ? Half Moon Street (in 1787)
Biography: Portrait painter, draughtsman, watercolourist, etcher and mezzotinter, specialized in theatrical subjects; Dutch origin; bapt. London 1751; d. there 1832; apprenticed to joiner; entered RA Schools 1769; exhibited SA 1776-78, RA 1778-1821, and BI 1812; started producing theatrical portraits for John Bell's 'British Theatre'; produced etchings and mezzotints signed with the pseudonym 'Paul', and plates for 'The Satirist'.
Bibliography: Chaloner Smith, as J S Paul.

513 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1869,1224.603.1841 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1785-1800

drawing

Museum number: M,32.18 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1810

drawing

Museum number: M,32.11 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1816

drawing

Museum number: M,32.12 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1805

drawing; print study

Museum number: M,32.2 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806

drawing

Museum number: M,32.14 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1748-1832

drawing

Museum number: M,32.7 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1816

drawing

Museum number: K,57.136 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 After:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791

drawing

Museum number: M,32.6 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1816

drawing

Museum number: M,32.13 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1748-1832

drawing

Museum number: 1882,0513.23 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1805

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1872,1012.5094 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Samuel De WildeFormerly attributed to:James Gillray |
Production date: 1804

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0528.22 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1817

drawing

Museum number: M,32.10 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Museum number: M,32.15 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1805

drawing

Museum number: M,32.19 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1807

drawing

Museum number: M,32.4 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806

drawing

Museum number: M,32.17 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1748-1832

drawing

Museum number: M,32.5 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Drawn by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1812

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Merry in the Character of Calista |
Museum number: K,62.129 |
Producer name: After:Samuel De WildePrint made by:John Corner |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Dimond as Don Felix |
Museum number: K,59.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Hunter as Mrs Belville |
Museum number: K,61.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr Mathews in the Character of Risk |
Museum number: Ee,5.201 |
Producer name: After:Samuel De WildePrint made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Liston as Caper |
Museum number: 1871,1111.596 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenPublished by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Emery as Stephen Harrowby |
Museum number: K,59.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BondAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1800-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr John Kemble as Penruddock |
Museum number: K,61.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Middleton as Salisbury |
Museum number: 1927,0531.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Parsons Comedian |
Museum number: K,63.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward BellAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr. Bannister Junr. in the character of Ben the sailor. |
Museum number: K,57.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CondéAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Davenport, in the character of Mrs Grundy |
Museum number: K,59.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr Parsons |
Museum number: K,62.266 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Simmons as Mother Goose |
Museum number: K,64.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Holman as Cyrus |
Museum number: 1927,0531.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr. Blanchard, in the character of Ralph. |
Museum number: K,58.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Satchwell LeneyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Bannister as Don Whiskerandoss |
Museum number: Ee,5.123 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin SmithAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss H. Kelly of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1284 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr Emery |
Museum number: K,59.174 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Woodman IIAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Miss Bolton. |
Museum number: K,58.20 |
Producer name: After:Samuel De WildePublished by:Vernor & Hood |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Simmonds as Jew Mordecai |
Museum number: K,64.177 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Harley as Lusignan |
Museum number: K,60.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Conversation in which the Painter has introduced himself |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2660 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildeAfter:Jan Havicksz. Steen |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Dowton |
Museum number: Y,6.263 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CheesmanAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1800-1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Siddons as Euphrasia |
Museum number: 1931,0509.115 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Satchwell LeneyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Rock as Teague |
Museum number: K,63.223 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Davison |
Museum number: 1871,1209.185 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Richard CookAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1817-1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr Rock, in the character of Murdoch Delaney |
Museum number: K,63.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: K,62.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WilliamsonAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lady Scarsdale & her son |
Museum number: 1830,0714.40 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1760-1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr King as Brass |
Museum number: K,61.205 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Palmer as Don Carlos |
Museum number: K,62.252 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Kemble as Oedipus |
Museum number: 1927,0531.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Miller as Zaphira |
Museum number: K,62.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Satchwell LeneyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Liston as Diggory |
Museum number: K,62.17 |
Producer name: After:Samuel De WildePublished by:Cawthorn, John |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss H. Kelly of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
Museum number: 1933,1014.500 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Webb as Lady Dove |
Museum number: K,66.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Parsons Comedian |
Museum number: 1902,1011.201 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward BellAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Angelo as Mrs Cole |
Museum number: 1927,0531.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Satchwell LeneyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Parsons Comedian |
Museum number: 1933,1014.371 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward BellAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: K,62.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WilliamsonAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs C. Kemble as Catherine |
Museum number: K,61.181 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony CardonAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Munden as Sir Francis Gripe |
Museum number: 1980,U.1082 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Rae of the Theatre Royal Haymarket... |
Museum number: 1933,1014.355 |
Producer name: Print made by:John AlaisAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Quick as Vellum |
Museum number: 1927,0531.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Young as Hamlet |
Museum number: K,66.197 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Quick as Don Lewis |
Museum number: K,63.144 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Pope, in the character of Zara |
Museum number: 1933,1014.332 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis SailliarAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Kemble as King Charles |
Museum number: K,61.140 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: K,61.139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Rock as the Irishman |
Museum number: K,63.221 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Woodman IIAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr. Collins, in Master Slender |
Museum number: K,58.195 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Mathews as Gregory |
Museum number: K,62.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BondAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sr William Parsons |
Museum number: 1864,0813.169 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1777

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5298 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1804

print

Title: Lord Byron. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1395 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1766-1832

print

Title: Mrs. Abington in Widow Belmour. |
Museum number: K,57.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792

print; advertisement

Museum number: D,3.453 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: B Reading, Engraver |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.149 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1798

print

Title: B Reading, Engraver |
Museum number: 1876,1209.438 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1798

print

Museum number: 1872,0608.282 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1766-1832

print

Title: Mrs Barry |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3574 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildeAfter:Tilly Kettle |
Production date: 1766-1832

print; album

Museum number: 1931,0413.282 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1766-1805

print

Title: Mrs. Barry. |
Museum number: K,57.164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildeAfter:Tilly Kettle |
Production date: 1766-1832

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Ee,5.149.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert CooperAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1807

print; satirical print

Title: [The monster melo-drama.] |
Museum number: 1867,0112.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:S Tipper |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: Col Edwd Popham |
Museum number: P,3.162 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1751-1832

print; book-illustration

Museum number: K,64.173 |
Producer name: Print made by:William MaddocksAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806

print; satirical print

Title: [Frontispiece to The Satirist, Vol. I.] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12587 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:S Tipper |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: Countess Thurlow, late Miss Bolton. |
Museum number: K,58.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Richard CookAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1814

print; frontispiece

Title: Miss Barclay as Olivia. |
Museum number: K,57.147 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Satchwell LeneyAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Master Betty as Capt. Flash. |
Museum number: 1980,U.1077 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert CooperAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806

print; satirical print

Title: [The school of eloquence and grace.] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12593 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:S Tipper |
Production date: 1808

print; satirical print

Title: Spleen, vide Pope. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7165 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:S Tipper |
Production date: 1808

print; satirical print

Title: [Frontispiece to The Satirist, Vol. I.] |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:S Tipper |
Production date: 1807

print; satirical print

Title: The rival majicians or raising the spirit. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12597 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:S Tipper |
Production date: 1808

print

Title: [Master Betty as Capt. Flash.] |
Museum number: K,57.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert CooperAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806

print; satirical print

Title: John Bull in a fever. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:S Tipper |
Production date: 1809

print; book-illustration

Museum number: K,57.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert CooperAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1806

print; satirical print

Title: Triumphal procession of the hog in armour. |
Museum number: 1867,0112.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:S Tipper |
Production date: 1808

print

Museum number: T,7.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CheesmanAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1807

print; satirical print

Title: Battle royal, or which has it. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12619 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel De WildePublished by:M Jones |
Production date: 1811

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