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Edward John Poynter

Header: Edward John Poynter
Also known as: Edward John Poynter; primary name: Poynter, Edward John
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; designer; printmaker; sculptor/medallist; British; Male
Life dates: 1836-1919
Biography: Trained in Paris 1856-9, for a while under Charles Gleyre (q.v.); studied antiquities in the British Museum which he incorporated into his paintings. 1894-1904, Director of the National Gallery; 1896, President of the Royal Academy of Art. Inherited old master drawings from his grandfather Thomas Banks (q.v.); about 300 drawings, plus a few prints, sold Sotheby's 24-25 April 1918, much of it ending up in the British Museum. See Campbell Dodgson's report to the Trustees, 2 May 1918, for acquisitions made at the Poynter sale; and for details of Dodgson's public appeal to raise £1650 to acquire the 'Apollo' drawing by Dürer ('the gem of the whole collection') which had been acquired by Colnaghi & Obach at the sale and which was held until 15 June 1918 in the hope that the funds could be raised (this proved unsuccessful; the drawing was later acquired by the Metropolitan Museum, New York in 1963). Note: his name recorded in P&D visitors' book (with thanks to Jane Martineau) 1909 8 May

264 related objects

diary; notebook

Museum number: 1970,0711.13 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1853-1854

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.531 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.3 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1858

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1964,1212.10.1-17 |
Producer name: BIOG42555 Drawn by:Ambrose Poynter |
Production date: 1832-1837

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0508.14 |
Producer name: BIOG21431 Drawn by:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1865-1867

drawing

Museum number: 1938,1215.8 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1879

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.10 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1871

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.41 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1892

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0508.9 |
Producer name: BIOG21431 Drawn by:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1865-1867

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.35 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1891

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.9 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1645

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.9 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1872

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.8 |
Producer name: BIOG39932 Drawn by:Herman Naiwincx |
Production date: 1639-1670

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.37 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1893

drawing

Museum number: 1945,0714.4 |
Producer name: BIOG52248 Drawn by:George Du Maurier |
Production date: 1834-1896

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1919,1216.3 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1862

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.3 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 Drawn by:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1530-1535

drawing

Museum number: 2011,7030.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1898

drawing

Museum number: 2014,7075.1 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Edward Burne-JonesFormerly attributed to:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919

drawing

Museum number: 1965,1211.36 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1855

drawing; album

Museum number: 1949,0411.49 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas StothardFormerly attributed to:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.5 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1525-1550

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.519 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1895-1919

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1919,1216.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1862

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.525 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.6 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1867

drawing

Museum number: 1970,0711.14.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.526 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880-1900

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1919,1216.2 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1862

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1931,0613.16 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1897

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.685 |
Producer name: AUTH231760 Drawn by:Edouard Triqueti |
Production date: 1858 |
Production place: Made in:Fontainebleau

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0508.13 |
Producer name: BIOG21431 Drawn by:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1833-1898

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0615.4 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1873

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.8 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1867

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.7 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1867

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.10 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1872

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.30 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.24 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1883

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.527 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.38 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1897

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.5 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1871

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.19 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1874

drawing

Museum number: 1919,0510.1 |
Producer name: BIOG41101 Drawn by:Bernardo Parenzano |
Production date: 1502-1531

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.11 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1871

drawing

Museum number: 1916,0708.9 |
Producer name: BIOG20826 Drawn by:Jörg Breu I |
Production date: 1490-1537

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0508.12 |
Producer name: BIOG21431 Drawn by:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1865-1867

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.33 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1884

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.20 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1876

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.18 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1550

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0508.10 |
Producer name: BIOG21431 Drawn by:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1865-1867

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2002,0727.12 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1863

drawing

Museum number: 1938,1008.187 |
Producer name: BIOG42556 Drawn by:Ambrose Macdonald Poynter |
Production date: 1896

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.26 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1877

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.22 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1876

drawing

Museum number: 1970,0711.14.3 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.12 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1871

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1919,1216.51 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1863

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.31 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1878

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.6 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1872

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.7 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1872

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.13 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1872-1873

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.17 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1874

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0508.36 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.4 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1871

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.14 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1891

drawing

Museum number: 1938,1215.7 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1879

drawing

Museum number: 1989,0513.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1859

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.7 |
Producer name: BIOG40803 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Oudry |
Production date: 1750

drawing

Museum number: 2014,7075.2 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Edward Burne-JonesFormerly attributed to:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.528 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1901

drawing; album

Museum number: 1921,0201.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.45 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1881

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.23 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1876

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1919,1023.18 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1863

drawing; album

Museum number: 1920,0512.4 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.1 |
Producer name: BIOG41629 Attributed to:Perino del Vaga |
Production date: 1545

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.520 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1860-1919

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.521 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1899

drawing

Museum number: 2014,7075.3 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Edward Burne-JonesFormerly attributed to:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.524 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.47 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1878

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.25 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1877

drawing; album

Museum number: 1920,0512.3 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.530 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1882

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.44 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.15 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1891

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.5 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1867

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.27 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1877

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.39 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1857

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.3 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 Drawn by:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1531

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.533 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880-1900

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.29 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1879

drawing

Museum number: 1970,0711.14.2 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.4 |
Producer name: BIOG36029 Circle/School of:Stefan Lochner |
Production date: 1440-1450

drawing

Museum number: 1965,1211.33 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1804

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1216.43 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1836-1919

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0512.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21728 Drawn by:William Callow |
Production date: 1834

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.12 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880

drawing

Museum number: 1931,0613.11 |
Producer name: BIOG42557 Drawn by:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1880

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.2 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 Drawn by:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1530-1535