RA Collection: People and Organisations
Born: 27 March 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: 13 April 1910
Nationality: British
Elected ARA: 31 January 1868
Elected RA: 13 December 1877
Gender: Male
Preferred media: Painting
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Life study of a seated male nude, 1840s or 50s?
Pencil and white chalk on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Life study of a seated male nude viewed from the back, 1840s or 50s
Black and white chalk on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a composition
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Two anatomical drawings of a left foot, 1840s or 50s?
Black chalk on buff wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a composition with many male figures in historic dress
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
A castle gatehouse
Watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Horses grazing by a caravan, 1875 or after
Watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of arms and armour
Pencil on wove paper with pale green coating
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Two boats with elaborate sails, probably in Venice, 1870 or 1873
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of two boats, probably in Venice, 1870 or 1873
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
A Venetian doorway, 1870 or 1873
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Compositional sketches and a drawing of a bedroom interior
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Study for a portrait of a woman
Oil [?] and pencil on canvas
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Figures in an interior, possibly a scene from The Monk
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for 'Mrs Siddons in the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds', between 1896 and 1903
Pencil and black chalk on thin wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of landscapes and Hilda Orchardson for 'The Doves', between 1896 and 1901
Pencil and chalk on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Wooded landscape
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on green wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Hilly landscape
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Landscape with a tree trunk in the foreground
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Study for 'Treasure Trove', by 1875 or 76
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of the side of a house or barn
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Watercolour sketch of a boat on shore
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of the upper facade of a house, August 17th (?) 1853
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Figures in a boat
Oil over pencil on canvas
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
First sketch for 'Windsor Castle, 1899', by 1900
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Interior of St. Mark's, Venice (?), 1870 or 1873
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
An artist in his studio (?)
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Standing female figure
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a young woman lying against a tree, possibly 'Ophelia'
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
A sketch for 'The Borgia', by 1902
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a ship's rigging for 'Napoleon on board the HMS Bellerophon', by 1880
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a ship's deck for 'Napoleon on board the HMS Bellerophon', by 1880
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for 'Napoleon on board the HMS Bellerophon', by 1880
Pencil on thin wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of guns for 'Napoleon on board the HMS Bellerophon', by 1880
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for 'Napoleon on board the HMS Bellerophon', by 1880
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for 'Napoleon on board the HMS Bellerophon', by 1880
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
On the North Foreland, 1890
Oil on canvas
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a composition depicting a large group in an interior
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches for two compositions
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sheet of figure sketches for a composition
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a composition
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of figures
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of figures and compositions
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a portrait of a clergyman
Black and brown chalk on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of a woman for a composition
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a pond
Gouache on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Mountainous landscape sketch
Watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for 'The Venetian Fruit-Seller', 1870s
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a girl
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a composition with a group of figures at a royal court
Pencil and wash on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a composition depicting a child holding a sling
Wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Head of a man
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Three compositional sketches and two sketches of figures
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Compositional sketch
Pencil on thin wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Compositional sketches, ?1860s
Pencil and gouache on canvas
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Man sitting at a desk
Black chalk on grey/green wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Head and shoulders of a bearded man, 1872 or after
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Figure sketches for a compositions
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Head and shoulders of an old man
Charcoal on green wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of moorland
Pencil and watercolour wash on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Landscape with rocks and trees
Watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Three studies of an old helmet
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches for a composition featuring a crowd around a woman on horseback
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a standing boy
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Touchstone
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of figures on horseback probably for 'The Wise Men of the East'
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Portrait of an unidentified seated man
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of figures in an interior for 'The Salutation'
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches of chandeliers
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
A group of figures carrying staffs
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a kneeling old man
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a composition, probably 'The Wise Men of the East'
Pencil on laid paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Landscape
Pencil on green wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Two sketches for a composition with a group of figures
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Kneeling female figure
Pencil on buff wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Compositional sketch for 'A Scene from Peveril of the Peak'
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a young womanlying against a tree trunk, possibly 'Ophelia'
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch after a portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a small statue of an angel with a candle holder
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch after a portrait of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Two sketches after 17th century portraits
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for 'The Forest Pet', by 1872
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Study of a lamp for 'Mariage de Convenance - After', by 1886
Black chalk on khaki coloured wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Two sketches of trees
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Figure group
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Standing male figure wearing a long robe
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch after a portrait of a standing man in Tudor dress
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Two sketches after Tudor portraits
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketches for 'Queen of the Swords', by ca. 1877
Pencil and wash on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Figures seated at a table
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Studies of two helmets and a crossbow
Pencil on wove paper with green coating
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Two figures in a small boat
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a small boat
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for 'A Tender Chord', by 1886
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Women seated at a kitchen table
Pencil on wove paper
Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch for a composition, ? 1860's
Oil (?) on canvas
Attributed to Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Figures seated around a table in a dark interior
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Attributed to Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Landscape sketch
Watercolour on wove paper
Circle of Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Women walking in procession
Pencil and wash on wove paper
Attributed to Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Dutch (?) girl in a chapel interior
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
Attributed to Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of a boat
Gouache (?) over pencil on wove paper
Attributed to Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Study of plants
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Attributed to Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA
Sketch of rocks in a landscape, late 19th century
Gouache on wove paper
After Paul Renouard
The Opening of the Royal Academy. The Selecting Committee at Work
Wood-engraving
Ralph W. Robinson
Sir William Quiller Orchardson R.A., ca.1889-1891
Platinotype print mounted on off-white card
From: John Watkins
Sir William Quiller Orchardson R.A., ca. 1856-1875
Albumen print mounted on card with printed name
[copy sent to Spielmann] W.Q. Orchardson, Athenaeum, to J. Havard Thomas, Wentwroth Studios, Chelsea
29 Jan 1887
Item SP/1/86
W.P. Frith, 7 Pembridge Villas, Bayswater, to T. Miller
3 May 1865
Item 236/46/18
Correspondence from Sir William Quiller Orchardson, RA
1878-1900
Sub-series RAA/SEC/4/98
Report and account for the exhibition of works by Orchardson, Frith, Macbeth, Swan and Farquharson
1911
Item RAA/PC/7/2/1/40