RA Collection: People and Organisations
Most sources state that Lewis was born in 1805. However, Kenneth Bendiner in his article on Lewis in the Dictionary of National Biography (2004) says that this is incorrect and that he was was born on 14th July 1804. This is also the date that is recored on his gravestone.
Born: 14 July 1804 in London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 15 August 1876
Nationality: British
Elected ARA: 31 January 1859
Elected RA: 10 March 1865
Retired: 09 May 1876
Gender: Male
Preferred media: Painting
John Frederick Lewis RA
Turkish Kitchen
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
Silk Khan, Brufsa
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
Reception Room of the Turkish Pasha, New Orsova
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
A Captive Greek Girl
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
Mosques of St. Sophia and Sultan Achmet, from the Gate of the Seraglio
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
A Bazaar
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
Yeni Jami and St. Sophia from the Golden Horn
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
Fountain of the Gate of Eski Serai
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
Scutari
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
Café on the Bosphorus
Tinted lithograph
John Frederick Lewis RA
Landscape with trees and a stream, July 22 1830 (or 1836)
Pencil and white chalk on blue wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Landscape with trees
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A greyhound in profile
Watercolour over pencil on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Juno the dog, 1819
Watercolour on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A donkey in a stable
Watercolour on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A fox
Watercolour on dark brown laid paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a lion
Pen and brown ink on laid paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Face of a lion
Black chalk on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a donkey
Pencil on grey/green wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A sleeping tiger
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A cow lying down
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Three horses harnessed to a plough, by 1823
Pencil and white chalk on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A cow lying down
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Puma and pug at Exeter 'Change, c. 1820
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A sleeping lion, c. 1818
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Figures kneeling before a monk
Watercolour over pencil on grey wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
View of a Swiss valley
Black and white chalk on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Sketch for 'An Old Newfoundland Dog Guarding the Catch', c. 1822
Watercolour over pencil on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
View at Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss alps, September 17 1827
Black and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
View of the Jungfrau mountain, September 17 1827
Black and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
At the Old Exeter 'Change
Black and white chalk over pencil on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
The ruins of Hillesden Manor near Elstow Church, Bedfordshire
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A view of Elstow Church, Bedfordshire
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A dead hare
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A horse viewed from the side
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a bull (?)
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a dead sheep viewed from the side, 1822
Black and red chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A sleeping tiger
Pencil on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a dead sheep
Black, red and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A lion at the Exeter 'Change, c. 1820
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A gondola, Venice, probably 1827
Pencil on grey/green wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A narrow street
Pencil with pen and brown ink on laid paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A sleeping lion
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A man sawing timber
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A man and a boy in rustic dress
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A lioness
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Nero at Exeter 'Change
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a lioness
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a cow
Pencil on grey wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A chestnut horse with a docked tail
Watercolour over pencil on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A farm horse
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A cow and a calf lying down
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Dead game - two hares and a brace of pheasants
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Boys fishing
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A lion at the 'Old Exeter Change'
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Three horses harnessed to a plough
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Self-portrait of the artist as a boy
Pencil on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a man in profile
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Sheet of rough sketches including a caricature of a monk's head
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A woman seated in a rustic interior
Black and white chalk on grey wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Figures at a roadside shrine, probably c. 1828
Black chalk and pencil on grey laid paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Elderly woman seated in an interior
Black and white chalk with pencil on blue wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Fishwives at Newhaven, Edinburgh
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Sketch of a boy
Pencil on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of Charles George Lewis
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A dinner party
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Farm workers resting
Pen and ink over pencil on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Self-portrait sketch
Pencil and white paint on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A hunting scene in winter, c. 1827
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Beech tree, Windsor Forest, 1820s
Pencil and watercolour on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A horse's head
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Venice, 1827
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Huntsmen with dogs, 1820s
Pen and black ink over pencil on green wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait of a female member of the Lewis family
Pen and ink over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of John Frederick Lewis
Pencil with pen and ink on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Self-portrait sketch
Pencil and chalk on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of Edwin Landseer
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
J. F. Lewis by himself, c. 1819
Pencil and chalks on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Three horses and a farm labourer in a field
Pencil on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A cow grazing
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A sleeping child
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A sleeping tiger
Pencil on cream wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A huntsman with dead deer
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A lioness at the Old Exeter Change
Pencil on cream wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
The cellars at 5 Great Newport Street
Black and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
The crypt at Elstow Church, Bedfordshire
Pencil and white chalk on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Horses ploughing at Kempston Hardwicke, c. 1820
Pencil and white chalk on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Edwin Landseer's dog, Brutus Jnr.
Pencil on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Windsor forest
Pencil on cream wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Windsor Forest
Pencil and white chalk on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Scene with animals running and birds in flight
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Three horses pulling a plough, c. 1820
Pencil and white chalk on buff laid paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Three horses harnessed to a plough, c. 1820
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait drawing of the artist's grandmother
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Forest at Windsor
Pencil and white chalk on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A bitch with her litter
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
The coast at Broadstairs, Kent
Pencil and white chalk on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A donkey
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A dead chamois, c. 1827
Black and white chalk on blue wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a cat
Pencil with chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Three horses ploughing, c. 1820
Pencil with white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A Newfoundland Dog, c. 1823
Pencil with black and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head and front legs of an elephant
Pencil on cream wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A wild boar
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A hunting scene
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Two studies of the head of a lion
Pencil with black ink and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Landscape with a country house
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A man firing a gun
Pencil on grey wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Two studies of a dog's skull
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
The cellars at 5, Great Newport Street
Black chalk and white paint on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A horse in harness
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a lioness
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Women standing next to wine (?) vats on a hillside
Pencil on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Feline lying on its side
Pencil on cream wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Two views of a zebu (a humped ox)
Pencil on grey wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of Mrs Birch, 1824
Pencil with a touch of crayon on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Four male profiles
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
"Father at Southampton Row", 1822
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A donkey pulling a cart
Black and white chalk on brown wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Two Pointers in a landscape with huntsmen in the distance
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Earl Grey and his daughter Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, c. 1827-8?
Pen and brown ink on off-white wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head and shoulders of a young woman
Pen and brown ink on grey laid paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Kempston Hardwicke
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a lion
Pencil and white chalk on buff wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
J.F. Lewis by himself on the Rhine, 1827
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A standoff between two dogs
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Horses ploughing, c. 1820
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A snarling dog
Black chalk on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Windsor Castle
Pencil and black chalk on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A group of three figures, one kneeling, possibly before a shrine
Pencil on grey/green wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Two horses pulling a plough, viewed from the back, c. 1820
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
A cow viewed from the side
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Three horses harnessed to a plough, c. 1820
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Three horses in harness, c. 1820
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Uncle George and his Nephew Charles the Engraver
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of J. F. Lewis with his brothers Charles and Frederick
Pencil on wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Album of drawings by John Frederick Lewis and other members of the Lewis family
John Frederick Lewis RA
A scene in a Spanish posada, ca. 1832 - 35
Pen and ink on light grey wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
The Door of a Cafe in Cairo, 1865
Oil on panel
John Frederick Lewis RA
Study of a cow lying down, viewed from the back
Pencil on light grey wove paper
John Frederick Lewis RA
Oil sketch of a lion's paw
Oil on canvas
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Self-portrait in profile
Pencil on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait of Frederick Christian Lewis Jnr as a boy, c. 1819
Pencil with brown and white wash on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of the artist's brother, George Lewis
Pencil on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
A young girl standing with hands clasped
Pencil on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait of a boy, probably a self-portrait
Pencil, black and white chalk on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a boy in profile
Pencil on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of a young boy in profile
Pencil with white paint highlights on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of the artist's sister Louisa Mary Lewis
Pencil with white paint highlights on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Head of a young girl in profile
Pencil and white paint on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of a young boy
Pencil on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Portrait sketch of 'Miss Heron'
Pencil and black chalk on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
C. G. Lewis at his father's studio
Pen and ink with wash over pencil on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Farm workers resting
Pen and ink over pencil on brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
At Uncle Charles the Binder, c. 1818
Watercolour and pen and ink over pencil on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Profiles of three of the Lewis family, 1822
Pencil with pen and ink on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Young child seen from the back
Pencil on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
"At Uncle Charles's the Binder"
Pencil on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Tracing of a ploughing scene
Pencil on laid paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Bond Cabbell's Chapel at Paddington
Pen and black ink over pencil on grey/brown wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Rural landscape - 'J.F. Lewis's very first watercolour'
Watercolour on laid paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
A harvest scene
Watercolour and pencil on laid paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
An almoner at work
Pencil and black chalk on grey wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Uncle Charles the Bookbinder
Pencil, pen and brown ink and wash on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Tom Morris at Kempston Hardwick
Pencil on cream wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Figures in an interior - probably a party
Pencil on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
A caricature drawing of a group of figures
Pencil on wove paper
Attributed to John Frederick Lewis RA
Kilburn Wells
Pencil on wove paper
Attributed to Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
J F Lewis as a boy
Pencil and white paint on brown wove paper
Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
Portrait sketch of J. F. Lewis
Pencil on wove paper
From: John Watkins
John Frederick Lewis, R.A., 1823 - 26/12/1874
Albumen print mounted on card with printed name
Charles West Cope RA
The Council of the Royal Academy selecting Pictures for the Exhibition, 1875, 1876
Oil on canvas
Unknown
Frame for John Frederick Lewis RA 'Door of a Cafe in Cairo'
John Frederick Lewis RA, 1804 - 1876
Lewis's Sketches of Spain & Spanish Character, made during his Tour in that Country, in the years 1833-4. Drawn on Stone from his original Sketches entirely by himself. - London.: (1836.)
06/4748
John Frederick Lewis RA, 1804 - 1876
Lewis's Sketches and Drawings, of the Alhambra, made during a Residence in Granada, in the Years 1833-4. Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding, R.J. Lane, A.R.A, W. Gauci & John F. Lewis. - London.: (1835).
06/1746
Lewis's Illustrations of Constantinople made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6. Arranged and drawn on Stone from the original Sketches of Coke Smyth By John F. Lewis. - London: [1838]
06/1132
Frederick Christian Lewis Snr. and British Museum
Imitations of Claude Lorraine, By F.C. Lewis, Engraved From The Drawings In The British Museum. Dedicated, By Permission, To His Majesty. - London,
05/889
The Young Lion - early drawngs by John Frederick Lewis RA (1804-1876)
2008
Item RAA/PRE/5/2/427
Petition for abolition of Royal Academy rule regarding glazed works forexhibition
[1874]
Item GRI/6/3
Petition for abolition of Royal Academy rule regarding glazed works for exhibition
[1874]
Item GRI/6/2
W.P. Frith, 7 Pembridge Villas, Bayswater, to T. Miller
11 Mar 1865
Item 236/46/19