David wilkie wynfield biography sample

Wynfield's self-portrait, in profile, of 1861, © Royal Academy of London, photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited, reproduced by kind permission (click on the image to enlarge it).

David Wilkie Wynfield was born in India in 1837, the son of James Stainback Winfield, a captain in the 47th Bengal Native Infantry, and his second wife Sophia May Burroughes.

His mother was the niece and adopted daughter of the painter David Wilkie. After his father retired from the military the family moved back to England in the early 1840s. Wynfield was initially intended for the church but did not wish to become a priest and instead chose the career of an artist.

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He entered James Matthews Leigh's art school in Newman Street in 1856. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1859 and exhibited there nearly every year until his death. He also exhibited at the British Institution and the Dudley Gallery.

In 1859 he was living at 2 Bristol Gardens in Maida Vale but in 1860 he moved with his wido