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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 11,848 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. David Wilkie is the 1,529th most popular painter (down from 1,232nd in 2019), the 3,361st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,745th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, David Wilkie ranks 1,529 out of 1,421. Before him are Jim Dine, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Else Alfelt, Wang Shimin, Julia Beck, and Victor Borisov-Musatov. After him are Kay Sage, Adolph Tidemand, Inji Aflatoun, Christian Wilhelm Allers, William Orpen, and Ivan Argunov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, David Wilkie ranks 46. Before him are Francisco Antonio Pinto, Anna Sundström, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Karol Kurpiński, William Beaumont, and Martín Miguel de Güemes. After him are Oliver Hazard Perry, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Per Georg Scheutz, Thomas Love Peacock, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, and Arvid August Afzelius. Among people deceased in 1841, David Wilkie ranks 35. Before him are Agustín Gamarra, Ignaz von Seyfried, Alexander Burnes, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Peter Andreas Heiberg, and Luis Eduardo Pérez. After him are Louis de Freycinet, David Don, Jørgen Jørgensen, Astley Cooper, Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and John Forsyth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Wilkie ranks 3,361 out of 7,765. Before him are Jane Marcet (1769), Donald Rayfield (1942), Michael Hurst (1957), Rupert Friend (1981), Kay Kendall (1927), and Harry Maguire (1993). After him are Joe Jordan (1951), W. W. Jacobs (1863), Richard Palmer-James (1947), Emily Mortimer (1971), Alex Kingston (1963), and Ashley Montagu (1905).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, David Wilkie ranks 74. Before him are Henry Scott Tuke (1858), Thomas Moran (1837), Gwen John (1876), Henry Salt (1780), Peter Scott (1909), and Allan Ramsay (1713). After him are Joseph Noel Paton (1821), Frederick Sandys (1829), E. H. Shepard (1879), Peter Blake (1932), Peter Perez Burdett (1734), and Clive Bell (1881).

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