A superb original watercolour painting by Thomas Wagerman 1787 / 1863.

Thomas Wagerman watercolour.

A superb original watercolour painting by Thomas Wagerman 1787 / 1863.

Thomas Charles Wageman (1787 – 20 June 1863 ) was a British painter, engraver and author. He was known as a prolific portrait artist.

 Wageman painted many portraits that were turned into engravings, and was an engraver in his own right.
Some of his portraits and prints are held in the national collections of the United Kingdom. His 1828 Autolycus from The Winter’s Tale, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. His portrait of Thomas Stothard is in the National Gallery. His portrait of the Irish actress Charlotte Mardyn is in the Royal Collection.

He illustrated Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Cracow, Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover ... undertaken during the years 1822, 1823, 1824, while suffering from total blindness, comprising an account of the author being conducted a state prisoner from the eastern parts of Siberia. by James Holman (London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 3rd ed 1834), among many other volumes

This portrait is of Arthur Fisher Thompson 1818/ 1863  painted on paper and framed in a simple wooden frame. Painted in 1818. 

MEASURES 27 CM X 35 CM