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William Clarke Wontner

British, 1857

WA-00202833

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William Clarke Wontner was an English portrait painter steeped in Academic Classicism and Romanticism.

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Artworks (10)

A beauty in Eastern costume

1920 · oil paint

Portrait of a Young Woman

1920 · oil paint

The willing captive

1911 · oil paint

Jade Necklace for an Eastern Princess

1908 · oil paint

John Skipworth Gibbons (1852–1942), JP, DL

1902 · oil paint

George Campbell (1823–1900), 8th Duke of Argyll

1898 · oil paint

Ina Campbell (d.1925), Duchess of Argyll

1897 · oil paint

Major Walter Hume Long (1854–1924), MP

1892 · oil paint

Colonel Sir George Gustavus Walker of Crawfordton (1830–1897), KCB, MP for Dumfriesshire (1865–1874), Convenor of the County (1889–1894)

1890 · oil paint

Frederic William Henry Myers

oil paint

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Colonel Sir George Gustavus Walker of Crawfordton (1830–1897), KCB, MP for Dumfriesshire (1865–1874), Convenor of the County (1889–1894)
1890 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Jade Necklace for an Eastern Princess
1908 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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John Skipworth Gibbons (1852–1942), JP, DL
1902 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The willing captive
1911 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Major Walter Hume Long (1854–1924), MP
1892 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Ina Campbell (d.1925), Duchess of Argyll
1897 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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George Campbell (1823–1900), 8th Duke of Argyll
1898 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Portrait of a Young Woman
1920 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A beauty in Eastern costume
1920 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Frederic William Henry Myers
— · Wikidata · 4 prov
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