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Frederick William Fairholt

Header: Frederick William Fairholt
Also known as: Frederick William Fairholt; primary name: Fairholt, Frederick William
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; German; Male
Life dates: c.1814-1866
Biography: Wood-engraver, draughtsman on wood and antiquarian; his illustrations are signed "F.W.F.". He made a large bequest to the Museum of his own work and of his collection of material relating to the history of costume: see 1866,0512.1 to 4250.
Bibliography: User's Guide; DNB; R.K.Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers,' 1985

670 related objects

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2581-2608 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1769-1775

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1950 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1774

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2030-2032 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1788 / 1807

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2045 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1804

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1990 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1776

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2042 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1804

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1787 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1779

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1812 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: mid 19th century

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1794 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1779

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1795 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 19th century

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1969-1971.+ |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1775

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2357 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1789-1830

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1891-1894 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1763-5

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2022-2023 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1783

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2345-2353 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1779-1808

album; print; trade-card

Museum number: 1866,0512.2905 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830-1860

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2051-2054 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1818

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.1969 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770s

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.2173-2175 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1782-1830

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1826 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18th century

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1800 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1769

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.2038 |
Producer name: BIOG147890 Drawn by:James Hook |
Production date: 1780s

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1903-1907 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1767-8

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1842 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1738

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1844 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1739

album; print; booklet

Museum number: 1866,0512.2947 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1865

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1986-1987 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1776

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.1782 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1779

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2610-2620 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1776-1777

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2062 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18th / early 19th century

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2074 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18th / early 19th century

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2063 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18th / early 19th century

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2026-2028 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1783 /8

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1956 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1774

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1923 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1771

album; manuscript

Museum number: 1866,0512.2222-2225 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1860

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1806 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1776

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2000-2003 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1777

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2805-2806 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1851

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1926-1927 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1771-2

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2006-2007 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2017-2019 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1783

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1839 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1737

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1914 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2056 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1825

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1938-1939 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1772

album; drawing

Museum number: 1866,0512.2389-2392 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thc

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1942-1943 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1773-4

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1963-1965 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1775

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.1832-1834 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1732

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2075 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18th / early 19th century

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2069 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18th / early 19th century

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2067 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18th / early 19th century

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.2013-2016 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780s

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.1991 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770s

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.2520 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770-1820

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2354-2356 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1840

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Portrait of her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Duchess of Kent |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2791 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1835-1845

album; print

Title: The five orders of perriwigs |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2401 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Thomas Cook |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; trade-card

Museum number: 1866,0512.2927 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1850

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The blue-bottle fly / Group of figures in the "bloomer costume", added to Tussaud's wax-work exhibit |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2858 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DorringtonAfter:R Prowse |
Production date: 1840-1860

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2500-2504 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1846-1860

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2770-2774 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830-1836

album; print; book-illustration

Title: De Verstrooide van Gedachten |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2396 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1713

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Britannia / The Army / The new infantry cap |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2796 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1843

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Bonnet de tulle et Perkale, a pointes, Camisole de Perkale |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2680 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: London Morning & Child's dresses |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2686 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Published by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1812

album; print

Title: Buss's Guinea winter cape |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2900 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1830-1860

album; print

Title: A lady in a court dress / A gentleman in a court dress |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2664 |
Producer name: BIOG198161 Published by:Benjamin Tabart |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; trade-card

Museum number: 1866,0512.2929 |
Producer name: BIOG61275 Printed by:Day & Co |
Production date: 1846

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.2405 |
Producer name: BIOG36549 Print made by:Johann Sebastian Müller |
Production date: 1730-1792

album; print; title-page; frontispiece

Museum number: 1866,0512.2645 |
Producer name: BIOG118658 Published by:Clement Chapple |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print

Title: General Costume in the time of Henry VII Queen Elizabeth surrounded by her Court |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1807-1808 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 19th century

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The military Beauties, of the adventures of a Camp |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2644 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 After:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1790s

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.2944 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1850s

album; print

Title: Fashionable ladies in the dress of the year |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2661 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1820

album; print; book-illustration

Title: The new ladies memorandum book, for the year 1814 |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2696 |
Producer name: BIOG192064 Published by:Robert Baldwin I |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The last & newes fashions, 1839. Morning & evening dresses |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2788 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1839

album; print; trade-card

Museum number: 1866,0512.2925 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1809

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2406 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin IIAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1738

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.1817 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18th century

album; print

Title: A Lady & Children in the Dress of 1770 |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1840 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770s

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Group of bloomers - take your choice |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2860 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1840-1860

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2852-2857 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1845-1855

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1866,0512.2817-2819 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1846-1847

album; print

Museum number: 1866,0512.2512 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1820

album; print

Title: The Seasons |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2109-2110 |
Producer name: BIOG46043 Print made by:Henry Shaw |
Production date: 1815-1866

album; print; advertisement

Museum number: 1866,0512.2064 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18th / early 19th century

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Cruel Deception The Minor - Mr Foote as Mrs Cole |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1984-1985 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WalkerPublished by:Lowndes |
Production date: 1777

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Bunbury |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1966 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1777

album; print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Wm Wade Esqr / Master of the ceremonies at Bath |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2499 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1809

album; print

Title: The Habit of a Judge |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1791 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarPrinted by:John Bowles |
Production date: 1760s - 1770s |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

album; print

Title: Coeffures de Paris |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2050 |
Producer name: BIOG26480 Print made by:Gustav Georg Endner |
Production date: 1789

album; print; trade-card

Museum number: 1866,0512.2935 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1851

album; print

Title: The creation Robe of a Knight of the Garter The Habit of a Bishop |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1788-1789 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarPrinted by:John Bowles |
Production date: 1760s - 1770s |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

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