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David Wilkie

1785 - 1841

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Sir David Wilkie (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his genre scenes. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Wilkie has received more than 13,546 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. David Wilkie is the 1,746th most popular painter (down from 1,527th in 2019), the 3,548th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,353rd in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, David Wilkie ranks 1,746 out of 2,023. Before him are Marie Spartali Stillman, Heinrich Hofmann, Wilhelm Camphausen, Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Katarina Ivanović, and Paolo Salvati. After him are Anita Rée, Emil Filla, Lemuel Francis Abbott, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Otto Modersohn, and Ditlev Blunck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, David Wilkie ranks 48. Before him are August Böckh, Martín Miguel de Güemes, János Scitovszky, Abel de Pujol, Karol Kurpiński, and Étienne Constantin de Gerlache. After him are William Beaumont, Ján Hollý, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Arvid August Afzelius, Oliver Hazard Perry, and Thomas Love Peacock. Among people deceased in 1841, David Wilkie ranks 40. Before him are Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, Jean Victoir Audouin, David Don, Jørgen Jørgensen, and Luis Eduardo Pérez. After him are John Forsyth, Alexander Shishkov, Alexander Burnes, Astley Cooper, and Francis Leggatt Chantrey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Wilkie ranks 3,548 out of 8,785. Before him are James Prinsep (1799), Samson of Dol (490), John Belchier (1706), Gerald Moore (1899), David Morrissey (1964), and Peter Withe (1951). After him are William Huskisson (1770), John Richardson (1787), Marmaduke Tunstall (1743), Roy Jenkins (1920), Catherine McCormack (1972), and Gary Numan (1958).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, David Wilkie ranks 81. Before him are Kate Greenaway (1846), Stanley Spencer (1891), Simeon Solomon (1840), Margaret Mee (1909), Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), and Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852). After him are Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), Mary Moser (1744), Roger Dean (1944), Peter Scott (1909), Peter Blake (1932), and Frederick Sandys (1829).

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