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Sir William Quiller Orchardson

1832–1910

Head of Napoleon, Study for ‘Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon’ c.1880
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Biography

Sir William Quiller Orchardson (27 March 1832 – 13 April 1910) was a Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects who was knighted in June 1907, at the age of 75.

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Artworks

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  • Her First Dance

    Sir William Quiller Orchardson
    1884
  • The First Cloud

    Sir William Quiller Orchardson
    1887
  • Her Mother’s Voice

    Sir William Quiller Orchardson
    exhibited 1888
  • Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon

    Sir William Quiller Orchardson
    exhibited 1880
  • Charles Moxon

    Sir William Quiller Orchardson
    1875
  • Mrs Charles Moxon

    Sir William Quiller Orchardson
    c.1875
  • Head of Napoleon, Study for ‘Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon’

    Sir William Quiller Orchardson
    c.1880

Artist as subject

  • Sir W.Q. Orchardson, R.A.

    Edward Onslow Ford
    exhibited 1895

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