William Frederick Mitchell

William Frederick Mitchell (Portsmouth, 1845 – 1914, Ryde, Isle of Wight) was a British artist commissioned to paint various ships of the Royal Navy. His collected works were original published in The Royal Navy in a series of illustrations. He has many works in the National Maritime Museum Collection in England. He lived most of his life near Portsmouth and painted pictures of ships for their officers and owners. He also illustrated Brassey's Naval Annual. His works are numbered and run to more than 3,500. His medium was principally watercolour but he produced some oils. He has been reported as being mute.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Biography ("War Art").
^ Christopher Wood (Ed.). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters (Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1978). ISBN 0-90202-872-3 & ISBN 978-0902028722.
^ Mallalieu, H. L. (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-036-1.

External links

Prints and drawings of William Frederick Mitchell, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

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[1] Biography ("War Art").

[2] Christopher Wood (Ed.). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters (Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1978). ISBN 0-90202-872-3 & ISBN 978-0902028722.

[3] Mallalieu, H. L. (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-036-1.

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