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William Frederick Mitchell (Calshot, 1845–1914, Ryde, Isle of Wight) was a British artist commissioned to paint many naval and merchant ships.

For other people named Fred Mitchell, see Fred Mitchell (disambiguation).

Collotype of HMS Victoria
Collotype of HMS Victoria

Mitchell's collected works were originally published in The Royal Navy in a series of illustrations. Many are in the National Maritime Museum Collection in Greenwich, England. Mitchell lived most of his life near Portsmouth and painted pictures of Royal Navy and merchant ships for their officers and owners. He also illustrated Brassey's Naval Annual. Mitchell's works are numbered and run to more than 3,500. His medium was principally watercolour but he painted some oils as well.

Mitchell wrote a short autobiography for the 1904 May/June issue of The Messenger, a magazine for deaf people, in which he describes how scarlet fever deprived him of his hearing but at home his father, an HM Coastguard stationed at Calshot Castle, taught him to speak. The autobiography relates his move to Ryde on the Isle of Wight, shortly after marriage to Miss Woodman in 1881. It also claims Queen Victoria, Edward, Prince of Wales, the German Emperor,[clarification needed] and the Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia among Mitchell's patrons.[1][2][3][4]


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References


  1. War Art. "HMS Hermes 1910". Art for sale. Zoomshare. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. Wood, Christopher, ed. (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club Ltd. ISBN 978-0-902028-72-2.
  3. Mallalieu, H.L. (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club Ltd. ISBN 1-85149-036-1.
  4. The Messenger. May–June 1904. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)



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- [en] William Frederick Mitchell

[fr] William Frederick Mitchell

William Frederick Mitchell, né en 1845 à Calshot dans le Hampshire, mort en 1914 à Ryde (Île de Wight), est un peintre britannique de marines et aquarelliste. Ses œuvres sont présentes en grand nombre au National Maritime Museum de Londres.

[ru] Митчелл, Уильям (художник)

Уильям Митчелл (англ. William Frederick Mitchell; 1845—1914) — британский художник-маринист[2].


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