Portrait of William Widgery
Fredrick John Widgery uses his classical training and knowledge to paint a portrait of his late father. Though better known for his landscape work, Fredrick used the techniques taught to him by both his father and the art school he attended in Antwerp to aid him in portrait painting.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 1887/4/4
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Portrait of William Widgery
- Simple Name
- painting
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- England
- Production Person Initials
- Frederick John
- Production Person Surname
- Widgery
- Production Year Low
- 1885
- Production Year High
- 1890