Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
albumen print
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield went to sea at eleven to escape apprenticeship to a drunken coach painter, was pressed into the Royal Navy in 1812, then took up scene painting at the Royalty Theatre, London after being discharged for injury in 1816. Known for stunning romantic effects, often created in partnership with David Roberts, the artist introduced moving dioramas into Christmas pantomimes and Easter spectacles, titled "Adventures of a Ship of War" (1825), "Napoleon’s Passage of the Simplon" (1830) and "Niagara" (1832). While touring painted panoramas around major British and European cities, Stanfield contributed to the exhibitions of the British Institution and Royal Academy, and was elected Associate at the latter in 1835 through the support of the "Sailor King" William IV. In 1844, he became first curator of the Naval Gallery at Greenwich.
For a more comprehensive biography of Stanfield see part 1 , and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 3 also.
This is part 4 of a 7-part series on the works of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield:
n.d. Italian Landscape
oil on brown paper 10.5 x 15.3 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museumn.d. Lake of Thun looking North
graphite 12.7 x 21.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Yorkn.d. Landscape
oil on canvas 27.2 x 35.4 cm
Museums Sheffield, UKn.d. Mountainous Landscape with a Hunter and Travellers
oil on canvas 92 x 152 cmn.d. North Italian Coastal Scene
oil on canvas 46 x 57 cm
Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Chorley, UKn.d. Oude Schelde, Texel Island, looking towards Nieuwe Diep and the Zuider Zee
oil on canvas 65 x 83 cm
Government Art Collection, Londonn.d. Portrait of Clarkson Stanfield, John James Chalon and Alfred Edward Chalon, Artists, in Fancy Dress
brush drawing in grey and brown wash 33.7 x 43.4 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museumn.d. Portrait of George Clarkson Stanfield
brush drawing in brown ink, with grey wash, heightened with white 30.7 x 42.2 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museumn.d. Portrait of William Gordon, Stage Scene-Painter
black chalk, with graphite, touched with white, on grey paper 24.8 x 20.1 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museumn.d. Prison Hulks and other Shipping
oil on canvas 51 x 77 cm
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trustn.d. Prison hulks on the Medway
oil on panel 50.8 x 76.2 cmn.d. River Scene with Shipping
oil on canvas 26 x 36.5 cm
Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UKn.d. Rocky Seascape with a Shipwreck
oil on cardboard 22.9 x 30.8 cm
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)n.d. Roghe Bayard, on the Meuse (attributed to)
ink and wash with watercolour and gouache on paper
27.6 x 38.1 cmn.d. Ruined Gateway, Dover Castle
pencil, watercolour and gouache on papern.d. Scene on the Flemish Coast, the tide making in
oil on panel 73.7 x 101.6 cm
National Trust, Tyntesfield, North Somersetn.d. Seascape
oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.2 cm
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)n.d. Seascape
watercolour on paper 44.7 x 62 cm
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, UKn.d. Seated Man in a Cuirass
black chalk and watercolour 22.8 x 16.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbournen.d. Shipping on the Scheldt
oil on canvas 91.4 x 152.4 cm
National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff, UKn.d. Shipping on the Scheldt
detailn.d. Stormy Weather
watercolour and body-colour on grey paper 16.5 x 24.6 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museumn.d. Studies of a Cripple
chalk, pencil and watercolour 22.8 x 22.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbournen.d. The Castle of Ischia from the Mole, Italy
oil on canvas 143 x 230 cm
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, UKn.d. The Coast of Normandy near Gonville, France
oil on canvas 175 x 139.7 cm
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Wirral, UKn.d. The Dogana and church of the salute, Venice
watercolour, touched with body-colour 22.2 x 31.8 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museumn.d. The Dogana and church of the salute, Venice
detailn.d. The Marriage of Katherina and Petruchio, from 'The Taming of the Shrew'
pencil, ink & wash on paper
Royal Holloway, University of London, Eghamn.d. The Port of Ancona, Italy
oil and tempera on paper 213.4 x 213.4 cm
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, UKn.d. Two Greek Sailors
watercolour over black chalk? on grey-green paper
23 x 15.8 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museumn.d. Vessels off the Dutch Coast
oil on panel 50.9 x 78.2 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust, UKn.d. View of Amalfi from the Sea
graphite, heightened with white; on grey-green paper
24.1 x 34.1 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museumn.d. Whitby, from the North
oil on canvas 36.8 x 50.8 cm
Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council), UKn.d. William Brockedon
pencil, coloured chalk and stump 34.3 x 23.8 cm
© National Portrait Gallery, Londonn.d. Wreckers off Fort Rouge, Calais
watercolour on paper 32.5 x 46.5 cm
Prints after Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
1827-33 Views in London and its Vicinity:
1827 Ballast Dredger off the Tower
engraving by George Cooke
14.1 x 17.6 cm1827 Peter-Boats Fishermen dredging off Mill Wall, Isle of Dogs
etching and line engraving by George Cooke
14 x 17.6 cm1827 The Diving Bell used at the Thames Tunnel after the Irruption of the Water on the 18th May, 1827. Rotherhithe Church in the distance.
etching and line engraving by George Cooke
16.6 x 22.7 cm1827 The Thames viewed from the South Bank
etching 17.7 x 22.4 cm
© The Trustees of the British Museum1827 The Tower of London from the excavations for the St. Katherine's Dock
engraving by George Cooke
13.9 x 16.5 cm1832 Part of Waterloo Bridge with the Shot Tower &c.
engraving by George Cooke
23.8 x 16.8 cm1833 The Post Office and St Paul's, from
St. Martin's Le-Grand
etching and engraving on chine collé by George Cooke
17.7 x 25.5 cm1833 Twickenham
etching and line engraving by George Cooke
13.3 x 17.5 cm
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| 1828 Anniversary etching and engraving by William Richard Smith published by John Sharpe |
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| 1829 Charles V visiting Francis I after the Battle of Pavia lithograph 13.2 x 16.2 cm |
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| 1830s Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore etching and engraving by James Tibbets Willmore |
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| 1830s Santa Maura etching and engraving by Edward Finden 11 x 15.6 cm |
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| 1831 Firth of Forth (Sir Walter Scott, Landscape illustrations of the Waverley novels, London 1832) line engraving 8.1 x 12 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| 1832 Chateau Chillon etching and engraving 11.1 x 15.5 cm |
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| 1833 Homeward Bound engraved by William Miller |
