ArtistsEdward Bird
Edward Bird

Edward Bird

Artist
WA-00049009
Painting
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
33
Works in Collection
67
Assets Indexed
7
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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1 cross-verified · 6 single-source
  • Is PublishedManual· 100%
  • Birth yearWikidata· 92%
  • Death yearWikidata· 92%
  • NationalityWikidata· 92%
  • Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
  • BiographyWikipedia· 88%
  • LocationWikidata· 80%

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About

Why this artist matters now

Edward Bird was an English genre painter who challenged the dominance of Sir David Wilkie in early 19th-century London before shifting to history painting, with a specialisation in battle scenes. Based primarily in Bristol, he became a central figure around whom the Bristol School of artists formed. His genre works depicted everyday domestic and social life with narrative specificity characteristic of the period.

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Artworks (33)

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Artwork sources (3)

33 published of 33 catalogued · 33 with image
  • Wikidata
    31 published31 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img
  • Tate
    1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

50 entries · 1 sources
  • The Recruit
    1806 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • The Embarkation of Louis XVIII at Dover, 1814
    1816 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Teatotalism
    1795 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • The Life Guards in a Guardroom
    1805 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • The Old Soldier's Story
    1808 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • The Cheat Detected
    1814 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Falstaff
    1807 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Proclaiming Joash King
    1815 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • George III (1738–1820)
    1810 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • The Reading of the Will Concluded
    1811 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Images

34 assets
The departure to London 2000 CSK 08692 0259 000(124856)
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Landscape by Edward Bird   Edward Bird   ABDAG002598
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William Lovegrove Ward
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Women and children suffering from famine in Jerusalem. Engra Wellcome V0034345
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Thomas Beddoes (1760   1808), English physician Wellcome V0000437
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Thomas Beddoes by Bird
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P1050812 (6034678781)
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Illustration facing page 36, Devonshire Characters and Strange Events
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
In collection
Tate
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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