Artist
William Simpson
William Simpson is a British Romanticism artist. 28 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
William Simpson drew what he saw during the Crimean War in the 1850s, including sketches of battles and camps in Crimea and Constantinople. He also painted landscapes like The Sinai Mountains in watercolor and recorded places like Jerusalem’s Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. His work captures 19th-century travel and conflict in real time. Want to see how he sketched war zones? Tap The Sinai Mountains.
Works by William Simpson
- Persian wheel near Amritsar
- Untitled
- Buddhist stupa at Sarnath, Benaras
- Opium cultivation scene, Malwa
Bridge of ropes on the Sutlej
Lama Praying Cylinder
A Hill village near Simla in the Himalayas
Praying cylinders in the village of Kulsi on the Indus
View of the Kaiser Bagh in Lucknow
The Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri
Worship of the Devi at Kothi, near Chini
Kailasanatha temple, Ellora
Ancient Observatory, Jantar Mantar, Delhi
The Aqueduct - Ephesus
Interior of The Holy Sepulchre, - Jerusalem.
The Sinai Mountains
Street Scene in Cairo
The Emperor of Austria ascending the Great Pyramid
Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. Jerusalem.
The Bitter Lakes, Suez Canal
Heliopolis, - As it is
Sketches made during the Campaign of 1854-55 in the Crimea, Circassia and Constantinople
Sketches made during the Campaign of 1854-55 in the Crimea, Circassia and Constantinople
Sketches made during the Campaign of 1854-55 in the Crimea, Circassia and Constantinople
28 works in the catalog · 24 shown
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.