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Thomas Uwins

Artist

WA-00044297

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ7794639

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Source Registry (1)

Smithsonianhttps://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=6888
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

About

Why this artist matters now

Thomas Uwins was a British portrait, subject, genre and landscape painter in watercolour and oil, and a book illustrator. He became a full member of the Old Watercolour Society and a Royal Academician, and held a number of high-profile art appointments including the librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to Queen Victoria and the Keeper of the National Gallery.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 95% · Updated 8d ago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (8)

The Vintage in the Claret Vineyards of the South of France

1847 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 787 x 1549 mm

Tate

Le Chapeau de Brigand

1839 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 792 x 578 mm

Tate

Vintage, Medoc

1817 · Graphite on paper

image: 210 x 295 mm

Tate

The Blind Milton

1812 · watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

sheet: 8 x 5.4 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Study of Hops

1811 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 345 x 222 mm

Tate

A Finished Study of Hops

Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 210 x 224 mm

Tate

A Study of a Hop Picker

Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 450 x 289 mm

Tate

A Girl Stripping Hops. Verso: Sketch of the Figure of the Girl

Graphite and watercolour on paper. Verso: graphite on paper

support: 308 x 246 mm

Tate

Artwork sources (4)

8 published of 11 catalogued · 11 with image

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7 entries · 1 sources

Vintage, Medoc
1817 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Vintage in the Claret Vineyards of the South of France
1847 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Girl Stripping Hops. Verso: Sketch of the Figure of the Girl
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Finished Study of Hops
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Le Chapeau de Brigand
1839 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Study of Hops
1811 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Study of a Hop Picker
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Portrait of Princess Frederica, Duchess of York (ca. 1830)

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Nude Man Kneeling, Holding Staff (recto); Alpine Panorama (verso) (n.d.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections5

Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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Tate

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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