Artist

Friston, D. H.

Portrait of Friston, D. H.

British

Friston, D. H. is a British Realism artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

David Henry Friston (1820–1906) was a British illustrator and figure painter in the Victorian Era. He is best remembered as the creator of the first illustrations of Sherlock Holmes in 1887, as well as his illustrations of the female vampire story Carmilla (1872). He is also remembered for his illustrations accompanying reviews of Gilbert and Sullivan operas and plays of W. S. Gilbert in The Illustrated London News and the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News in the 1870s and 1880s.

Collections represented

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