William Henry Fisk (c.1796
- 1872)
Born at Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, the son of William Fisk
of Can Hall. He attended school at Colchester and afterwards
worked at Mercantile House in London. In 1818 he sent a portrait
of G.Fisk to the Royal Academy. He took up painting full-time
aged 31 and his first picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1831. He is best-known for his large-scale scenes of
historical events, for example Attempted assassination of
Lorenzo de Medici in Florence in 1478, exhibited in 1839 and
which won a Gold Medal at the Manchester Institute in 1840. He
resided at various addresses in London before retiring to Danbury,
Essex where he later died.
Footnote - in November 2001 I received
the following email message, anyone with any leads please get in touch with me
as I would also be interested in putting images of their work on this site.
Hello there, my name is Clive Ward, about 15 years ago I with my wife Carol
purchased Gay Bowers Cottage. It is a property which was originally built at or
about 1820. In 1856 Gay Bowers Cottage was sold to William Fisk of Danbury,
Gentleman, for the princely sum of £380, which by the way included a cottage
and gardens to the north (which I believe to be Cape Cottage). William Fisk died
here in 1872 and is buried at Danbury Parish Church. The property was
transferred to his wife Sophia but she died in 1873. Gay Bowers Cottage was then
transferred to their daughter Sophia. Sophia conveyed the cottage to William
Silbauer Fisk in 1913. I would be very interested to find some prints or copies
of William Fisks, (senior or junior) works of art as I have not had much luck in
tracing any. I would appreciate it greatly if you have any information about
where I can obtain such works (I would like to show some in the cottage).
William Henry Fisk (1827
- 1884)
Born at Homerton, Middlesex, he was the son and pupil of
William Henry Fisk. He was a student at the Royal Academy Schools,
later appointed anatomical draughtsman to the Royal College of
Surgeons. He exhibited landscapes from 1846, there are examples
at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He also taught
drawing and painting at University College, London where he was
very successful and highly regarded. He lived in and around
London and died aged 58 in Hampstead.
S. Fisk
Exhibited in 1906 at the Walker
Art Gallery, Liverpool. His address at that time was 42 Hatherley
St., Princes Rd., Liverpool.
Bibliography
Dictionary of National Biography, 1889.
Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, G.Bell & Sons
Ltd.,1930.
The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940; Johnson &
Grentzner, Antique Collectors Club, 1976.
The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920;
Mallalieu, Antique Collectors Club, 1976.
Lists of Royal Academy Exhibitors.