Thomas Charles Wageman (1787 – 20 June 1863) was a British painter, engraver and author. He was known as a prolific portrait artist. Wageman was a founder of the

New Society of Painters in Water-Colours The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, is one of the societies in the Federation of British Artists, based in the Mall Galleries in London. History In 1831 the s ...

in 1831 together with

William Cowen William Cowen (18 June 1791 – 29 January 1864) was an English landscape painter. His work includes views of towns in Yorkshire, Italy, France, Ireland and particularly Corsica. Life Cowen was born in Rotherham in 1791 and worked teaching dr ...

, James Fudge, Thomas Maisey, O. F. Phillips, J. Powell and

W. B. S. Taylor William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor (1781–1850) was an Irish artist, a painter of landscapes and military subjects, known also as a writer. Life He was the son of John Taylor, a map-engraver in Dublin; through his mother he was descended from Pat ...

Works

Wageman painted many portraits that were turned into engravings, and was an engraver in his own right. Some of his portraits and prints are held in the national collections of the United Kingdom. His 1828 ''Autolycus from The Winter’s Tale'', is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. His portrait of Thomas Stothard is in the National Gallery. His portrait of the Irish actress

Charlotte Mardyn Charlotte Mardyn (1789 – after 1844) was an English actress of Irish descent of the early 19th-century who was rumoured to have been the mistress of Lord Byron. Early life Little is known of her early life or origins owing to her telling va ...

is in the

Royal Collection The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world. Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...

.Thomas Charles Wageman (1787-1863) Mrs. Mardyn, actress
- Royal Collections Trust He illustrated ''Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Cracow, Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover ... undertaken during the years 1822, 1823, 1824, while suffering from total blindness, comprising an account of the author being conducted a state prisoner from the eastern parts of Siberia.'' by

James Holman James Holman FRS (15 October 1786 – 29 July 1857), known as the "Blind Traveller," was a British adventurer, author and social observer, best known for his writings on his extensive travels. Completely blind and experiencing pain and limi ...

(London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 3rd ed 1834), among many other volumes

Published works

* ''The military costume of Turkey : illustrated by a series of engravings, from drawings made on the spot.'' 1818, with

John Heaviside Clark John Heaviside Clark (c.1771–1863) was a Scottish aquatint engraver and painter of seascapes and landscapes. He was also known as Waterloo Clark, because of the sketches he made on the field directly after the Battle of Waterloo The B ...

, pub T. M'Lean.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wageman, Thomas Charles 19th-century British painters British male painters British engravers British watercolourists 1787 births 1863 deaths 19th-century British male artists