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John Frederick Lewis

Also known as: John Frederick Lewis; primary name: Lewis, John Frederick
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1805-1876
Address: numerous addresses in London until 1854 when address was 'The Holme, Walton-on-Thames'
Biography: Orientalist painter and occasionally etcher, also made lithographs. Son of Frederick Christian Lewis, Senior. In Spain 1832-33; Italy 1838-9; Greece and Istanbul, 1840-41; then resident in Cairo 1841-51; married Marian Harper in Alexandria. Returned and settled in Walton-on-Thames. ARA 1858, RA 1865. His birth date is sometimes given as 1806, but according to the 2015 edition of De Gruyter he was born 14 July 1806.
Bibliography: R. Green, 'John Frederick Lewis RA', exh. cat. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1971 J. M. Lewis, 'John Frederick Lewis RA, 1805-1876', Leigh-on-Sea, 1978 De Gruyter

199 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1888,0612.144.1-25 |
Producer name: After:John Richard Coke SmythPrint made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1865,1014.377-402 |
Producer name: After:John Frederick LewisPrint made by:James Duffield Harding |
Production date: 1833-5 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1902,0514.1253.1-18 |
Producer name: Published by:Charles TiltPublished by:Colnaghi |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1865,1014.403-428 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.367 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1953,1212.11 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1841

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.27 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.28 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.1645 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.1644 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

drawing

Museum number: 1948,0410.117 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.29 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0328.326 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1823

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.30 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1821-1822

drawing

Museum number: 1872,0210.3 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.25 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.28 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1821-1822

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.369 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.27 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.366 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1966,1008.5 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.521 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.370 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1838

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1106.1 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.368 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1840

drawing

Museum number: 1916,1113.1 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.26 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.29 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1889,1129.1 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.24 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.26 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.23 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1937,0308.31 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1821-1822

print

Title: Mendicant Monks / Granada |
Museum number: 1948,0410.125 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Toledo. Sala Capitola |
Museum number: 1948,0410.141 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Gitanillas / Ronda |
Museum number: 1948,0410.132 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Seville |
Museum number: 1948,0410.142 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Gaucin |
Museum number: 1948,0410.127 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Gibraltar |
Museum number: 1948,0410.143 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Museum number: 1861,1012.2483 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1817

print

Museum number: 1878,0511.908 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick Christian LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1830s

print

Title: Finden's Byron Beauties |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1285 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Austin ArtlettAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: The Batchelor [sic] |
Museum number: 1872,0810.401 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: The Batchelor [sic] |
Museum number: 1872,0810.404 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: A Spanish Lady |
Museum number: 1897,0512.41 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Jewish woman of Gibraltar in fiesta dress |
Museum number: 1892,0714.6 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: The Batchelor [sic] |
Museum number: 1872,0810.407 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: Mosque at Cordova |
Museum number: 1948,0410.120 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836

print

Museum number: 1867,1214.459 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Mendicant Monks receiving Alms |
Museum number: 1948,0410.124 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Interior of a Posada |
Museum number: 1948,0410.118 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: The Cottage Door |
Museum number: 1868,1114.347 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Donna Julia Finden's Byron Beauties |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1282 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Thomas RyallAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: The Batchelor [sic] |
Museum number: 1872,0810.402 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: The Batchelor [sic] |
Museum number: 1872,0810.406 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: The Batchelor [sic] |
Museum number: 1872,0810.405 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

print

Museum number: 1866,1110.1284 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Austin ArtlettAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1830-1840

print

Title: Las Dos Hermanas. |
Museum number: 1948,0410.135 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: The Batchelor [sic] |
Museum number: 1872,0810.400 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

print

Museum number: 1948,0410.126 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1834

print

Museum number: 1857,0509.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPrint made by:Frederick Christian Lewis |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: The Batchelor [sic] |
Museum number: 1864,0625.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Henry RobinsonAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1832

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1930,0512.387 |
Producer name: After:John Frederick LewisPrint made by:John R Scott (John Scott Junior)

print

Title: Castel Buono Sicilian Scenery |
Museum number: 1913,0524.310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: La Puerta del Sol. Madrid |
Museum number: 1948,0410.138 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1833-1835

print

Title: Plaza de San Francisco, Seville |
Museum number: 1948,0410.139 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836

print

Museum number: 1867,1214.454 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1796-1837

print

Title: Fox Hounds in the pack of J C Bulteel Esqre MP |
Museum number: 1868,1114.321 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles George LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1834

print; frontispiece

Title: The Harem |
Museum number: 1878,0511.1280 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1837

print

Title: Sleeping Lion. Six Studies of Wild Animals |
Museum number: 1948,0410.116.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Spanish Mendicants |
Museum number: 1861,0413.478 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles George LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Spanish Mendicants |
Museum number: 1890,0415.239 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles George LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Head of a Tigress. Six Studies of Wild Animals |
Museum number: 1948,0410.116.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Madrid. |
Museum number: 1957,0530.144 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: early 19th century |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Donna Inez Finden's Byron Beauties |
Museum number: 1926,0331.370 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles George LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Spaniels |
Museum number: 1848,0205.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:Frederick Christian Lewis |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A German Wild Boar. |
Museum number: 1868,1114.340 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:Frederick Christian Lewis |
Production date: 1826-1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Morwell Rocks & Wier Head Scenery of the River Tamar and the River Tavy |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2210 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick Christian LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Interior of a Shed. |
Museum number: 1868,1114.341 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:Frederick Christian Lewis |
Production date: 1826-1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Higher Blackmoor-Ham-Wood Scenery of the River Tamar and the River Tavy |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2185 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick Christian LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Spanish Lady |
Museum number: 1878,0511.906 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Ass and Foal |
Museum number: 1848,0205.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:Frederick Christian Lewis |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lion & Lioness (Prowling.) Six Studies of Wild Animals |
Museum number: 1850,1014.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: Sleeping Lion |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7191 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1825

print

Title: Sleeping Lion |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7192 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: Head of a Lion, Six Studies of Wild Animals |
Museum number: 1919,0331.34 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: Granada. |
Museum number: 1948,0410.130 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Head of a Tigress. Six Studies of Wild Animals |
Museum number: 1850,1014.150 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1825

print

Museum number: 1919,0331.37 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1820-1876

print

Title: Sleeping Lion & Lioness. Six Studies of Wild Animals |
Museum number: 1850,1014.161 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: Sleeping Lion & Lioness. Six Studies of Wild Animals |
Museum number: 1850,1014.162 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1878,0112.316 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Print made by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1820-1876

print

Museum number: 1978,0624.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph BrownAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1870-1889 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Calcutta

print

Title: Spanish Monks Preaching at Seville |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1816 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Charles BromleyAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Buck Shooting. |
Museum number: 1868,1114.337 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:Frederick Christian Lewis |
Production date: 1826-1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sleeping Lion, Six Studies of Wild Animals |
Museum number: 1919,0331.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Stable Door |
Museum number: 1868,1114.345 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:Frederick Christian Lewis |
Production date: 1826-1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Head of a Lion |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7194 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Head of a Tigress |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7193 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Frederick LewisPublished by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Zumalacarregui and the Christino Spy |
Museum number: 1861,0413.477 |
Producer name: After:John Frederick LewisPrint made by:Frederick Christian Lewis |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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