Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Artist Biography: William Frith was born in Yorkshire in 1818 and began painting at an early age, drawing inspiration from the historic and literary scenes of the work of Shakespeare and Dickens. Cowling, Mary. 1989. It has been described by Christie's as Frith's "undisputed masterpiece" and also "arguably the definitive example of Victorian modern-life genre".. The artist as anthropologist: The representation of type and character in Victorian art. William Powell Frith 23 items; Sort by: Recent. Title; Artist; Recent; Popularity; Artist Biography . Cowling, Mary. William Powell Frith's 'The Private View', 1883 This painting is as meta as they come – a trip to the gallery to see art, which features people looking at art themselves. Frith 1859 lower left oil on canvas in original frame Unframed: 62 by 48cm., 24½ by 19in. Google Scholar. 2006. Claude Duval painting by William Powell Frith at www.allartpainting.com SKU4273: Author: William Powell Frith (19 January 1819 – 9 November 1909) Licensing. William Powell Frith, R.A., Interior of Marseilles Prison, a Scene from Little Dorrit . In William Powell Frith: Painting the Victorian age, ed. William Powell Frith (1819-1909), famous for his picture The Derby Day which normally hangs at Tate Britain, was the most celebrated painter of modern-life subjects in mid-Victorian England and the most popular British artist of that time. The original version is in Tate Britain in London. The Derby Day is a large oil painting showing a panoramic view of The Derby, painted by William Powell Frith over 15 months from 1856 to 1858. Google Scholar . Property from a Private Collection William Powell Frith, R.A. British 1819 - 1909 Interior of Marseilles Prison, a Scene from Little Dorrit signed and dated W.P. New Haven: Yale University Press. Framed: 91 by 78cm., 36 by 31¼in. This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. Mark Bills and Vivien Knight, 41–55.