David Wilkie Wynfield
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David Wilkie Wynfield was a British painter and photographer who gained recognition for his historical genre paintings and his pioneering use of shallow-focus portrait photography.
A self-portrait by Wynfield
Portrait of an unknown man in armour.
Portrait of the painter Frederic Leighton in Renaissance costume.
Portrait of William Swinden Barber in Medieval costume.
St John's Wood Clique
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The St John's Wood Clique was a group of Victorian artists who mostly lived in the St John's Wood area of London. Their ideas were broadly similar to an earlier group also called The Clique. The princ
David Wilkie Wynfield
…who gained recognition for his historical genre paintings and his pioneering use of shallow-focus portrait photography. He was a founding member of the St John's Wood Clique, a group of artists known for their historical narratives. He often used Medieval or Renaissance Europe as settings for his romantic themes in his…
Photograph of the St John's Wood Clique in 1864 or 1865
A Vision of the Clique by Frederick Walker