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Sir William Rothenstein

Also known as: Sir William Rothenstein; primary name: Rothenstein, William
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1872-1945
Biography: Painter and lithographer. Studied at the Slade School under Legros and the Acadêmie Julian. Principal of the Royal College of Art, London from 1920 to 1935. Brother of Charles Lambert Rutherston (Rothenstein) (q.v.). Official war artist in World Wars I and II.
Bibliography: (autobiography) 'Man & memories, recollections 1872-1900', 1931 Robert Speaight, WR, 1962 P Attwood, 'Acquisitions of medals (1983-1987)', British Museum Occasional Paper 78, London, 1991.

159 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0424.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1872-1945

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.611 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Charles Hazelwood ShannonAfter:Andrea del Verrocchio |
Production date: 1880-1937

drawing

Museum number: 1988,0130.11 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1910

drawing

Museum number: 1945,1208.50 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1901

drawing

Museum number: 1925,0817.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1903

drawing

Museum number: 1925,0817.2 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1894

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0116.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1872-1945

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0807.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918

drawing; album

Museum number: 1946,0813.2-43 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1894

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0102.8 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1907

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0612.18 |
Producer name: BIOG37819 Drawn by:Phil May |
Production date: 1864-1903

drawing

Museum number: 1998,0611,0.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1911 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1999,0329,0.6 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1912 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1924,0209.8 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1919

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.657 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1900

drawing

Museum number: 1930,0111.11 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1872-1945

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0116.2 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1872-1945

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0728.3 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1912

drawing

Museum number: 1933,0102.9 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1928

drawing; modern cartoon

Museum number: 1938,0108.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48666 Drawn by:Henry Tonks |
Production date: 1903-1904

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.36 |
Producer name: BIOG20755 Drawn by:Augustin Braun |
Production date: 1610-1620

drawing

Museum number: 1927,0709.151 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1923

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0926.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918

drawing

Museum number: 1916,0114,0.2 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Painted in:Punjab Hills |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

drawing

Museum number: 1999,0329,0.7 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1912 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1999,0329,0.9 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1912 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1999,0329,0.8 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Drawn by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1912 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

figure

Museum number: 1957,1221.1 |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

medal

Museum number: 1985,0523.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

print

Title: Misery |
Museum number: 1949,0411.679 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Title: Havrincourt |
Museum number: 1949,0411.680 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Title: Havrincourt |
Museum number: 1960,0409.250 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Title: William Rothenstein |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1183 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1901-1914

print

Title: William Rothenstein |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1391 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1901-1910

print

Title: Misery |
Museum number: 1960,0409.240 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Title: The Cloth Hall and St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres |
Museum number: 1976,1204.20 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.11 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.24 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1898

print

Museum number: 1920,0503.2 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1912

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.13 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1913,0721.4 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1906

print

Title: Bourlon church |
Museum number: 1960,0409.243 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.30 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.23 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Title: Walter Crane |
Museum number: 1896,1228.24 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: No 2. Paul Verlaine |
Museum number: 1896,1228.15 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1895

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.9 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897-1914

print

Museum number: 1926,0621.12 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1898

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.16 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1898

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.5 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1899

print

Museum number: 1926,0621.7 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.19 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.21 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Prof. Ingram Bywater |
Museum number: 1896,1228.12 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Mr W.R. Morfill |
Museum number: 1896,1228.4 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1894

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.7 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.8 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1926,0313.50 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1894

print; portfolio

Title: Threshing Work on the Land |
Museum number: 1918,0713.127 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1917

print

Museum number: 1896,1228.16 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1895

print

Title: Mr Arthur Sidgwick |
Museum number: 1896,1228.8 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Viscount St Cyres |
Museum number: 1896,1228.7 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Museum number: 1896,1228.25 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Prof. Burdon Sanderson |
Museum number: 1896,1228.9 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.2 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896-1898

print

Title: Dr James A.H. Murray |
Museum number: 1896,1228.3 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1894

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1899,1127.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1899

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.31 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1920,0503.5 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1904

print

Museum number: 1926,0621.4 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1898

print

Museum number: 1920,0503.11 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1894-1904

print

Museum number: 1896,1228.18 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Museum number: 1904,0116.4 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1898

print

Museum number: 1926,0621.6 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Title: Prof. Max Müller |
Museum number: 1896,1228.1 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: Prof. F. York Powell |
Museum number: 1896,1228.5 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.4 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1920,0503.6 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1912

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.12 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.28 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print; portfolio

Title: Drilling Work on the Land |
Museum number: 1918,0713.123 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1917

print

Museum number: 1920,0503.12 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1904

print

Title: Walter Crane |
Museum number: 1896,1228.22 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1896

print

Title: Mr Walter Pater |
Museum number: 1896,1228.2 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: The Cathedral, Peronne |
Museum number: 1960,0409.248 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Title: Fresne - No 1 |
Museum number: 1960,0409.251 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Title: Cambrai |
Museum number: 1960,0409.241 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1918-1922

print

Title: Alphonse Legros The French Set |
Museum number: 1904,0116.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir William RothensteinPrinted by:Thomas Way |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: Six Portraits of Sir Rabindranath Tagore |
Museum number: 1949,0411.5097.1-6 |
Producer name: After:Sir William RothensteinPublished by:Macmillan & Co |
Production date: 1915 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1906,0224.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir William RothensteinPrinted by:Thomas Way |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1907,0116.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir William RothensteinPrinted by:Thomas Way |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print

Title: Auguste Rodin The French Set |
Museum number: 1904,0116.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir William RothensteinPrinted by:Thomas Way |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; portfolio

Museum number: 1959,0619.3.1-15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Art Workers' GuildPrint made by:Charles Holroyd |
Production date: 1905 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Rothenstein |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1182 |
Producer name: BIOG33082 Print made by:Augustus John |
Production date: 1901-1914

print

Title: Laurence Binyon, No 1 |
Museum number: 2019,7015.670 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1898

print

Museum number: 1912,1022.2 |
Producer name: BIOG23419 Print made by:Charles Conder |
Production date: 1901-1909

print

Museum number: 1936,0316.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir William RothensteinPrint made by:Charles Conder |
Production date: 1891-1904

print

Museum number: 1926,0621.16 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.22 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1902