Boxall specialised in portrait painting. He was made a member of the Royal Academy in 1863. In 1866 he became the second Director of the National Gallery. Two portraits of 'A Woman aged about 45' and 'A Man aged about 45' may be by Boxall, and are perhaps of his parents.
Sir William Boxall
1800 - 1879
Paintings by Sir William Boxall
William Boxall (1800–1879) painted this self-portrait when he was around 19 and about to enter the Royal Academy Schools to train as a painter. He gave it to his sister Anne. The head is rather less than three-quarters life-size. The picture may have been made as a preparatory study for the life-...
Not on display
Paintings previously owned by Sir William Boxall
(Showing 3 of 4 works)
This painting and Portrait of a Woman aged about 45, also in the National Gallery, were designed to hang together as portraits of a husband and wife. They are said to have been given by the painter Sir William Boxall RA, director of the National Gallery from 1865 to 1874, to his friend, the archi...
Not on display
This painting and Portrait of a Man aged about 45, also in the National Gallery, were designed to hang together as portraits of a husband and wife. They are said to have been given by the painter Sir William Boxall RA, director of the National Gallery from 1865 to 1874, to his friend, the archite...
Not on display
This painting was the central panel of an altarpiece commissioned in 1506 by the foreign students of Pavia University for their chapel in S. Maria del Carmine, one of the most important churches in Pavia. Saint Sebastian was especially revered in the town as, according to legend, the plague of AD...
Not on display
William Boxall (1800–1879) painted this self-portrait when he was around 19 and about to enter the Royal Academy Schools to train as a painter. He gave it to his sister Anne. The head is rather less than three-quarters life-size. The picture may have been made as a preparatory study for the life-...
Not on display
You've viewed 3 of 4 paintings