Pickford Robert Waller

Distinguished designer and collector Pickford Robert Waller (1849–1930) was a leading member of the Aesthetic Movement and an early supporter of James Abbot McNeil Whistler (1834–1903). An artist of great versatility, he produced floral designs for wallpaper and fabrics, but he is best known as a prolific designer of books and bookplates: he produced book designs for authors including Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm and the poet and dramatist Laurence Binyon.

The Aesthetic Movement championed 'art for art's sake,' emphasising the sensual qualities of art and design rather than any practical, moral or narrative purpose it might have. For a late 19th-century aesthete, though, Waller's background was unusual: he was the son of a builder. Robert John Waller ran a thriving building firm from Lyall Street in London, and when he died in 1892, Pickford Waller continued to run the business. Eventually, though, the arts came to hold more of his attention than bricks and mortar.

As well as being a practising artist himself, Pickford Waller was also an important collector and patron of the arts. In particular, he was an early supporter of James Abbot McNeil Whistler (1834–1903), who he first met as a young man when he visited Whistler's studio with the artist Matthew White Ridley. Waller became an avid collector of Whistleriana, and Whistler's influence can be seen in much of his work.

Pickford Robert Waller, Woman in Black & Yellow Dress-1890s watercolour painting

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Pickford Robert Waller, Victorian Newsboy – Original c.1860s pen & ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, A Matter of Opinion after John Leech –c1860s ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, A Farm Labourer & His Family – late C19th watercolour

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Pickford Robert Waller, Bathing Machine At Dieppe Cartoon – 1865 ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Knight Aquarius - Original 19th-century ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, William de Hastings Caricature – late C19th ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Victorian Sea Bath Cartoon – 1865 pen & ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Knight Aries - Original 19th-century pen & ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Knight Capricornus - Original 19th-century ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Couple Drinking after John Leech – c.1860s ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Victorian Sea Bathing Cartoon – 1865 pen & ink drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JX-086

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Pickford Robert Waller, Soldier Caricature – Original c.1860s pen & ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Alarmed Parents Cartoon – c.1860s pen & ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Cartoon 'Charms of Female Beauty' – c.1860s ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Fin de Siècle Dandy in a Top Hat – c.1890s ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Cartoon 'Ye Patent Mangle' – c.1860s pen & ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Small Boy in Carriage Cartoon –c.1860s pen & ink drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JZ-751

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Pickford Robert Waller, Preparing for War-Late 19th-century pen & ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, French Soldiers - Late 19th-century pen & ink drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JH-236

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Pickford Robert Waller, Soldier Ambush - Late 19th-century pen & ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Small Boy Cartoon – Original c.1860s pen & ink drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JZ-740

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Pickford Robert Waller, Cartoon 'Awful Result Thereof' – c.1860s ink drawing

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Pickford Robert Waller, Newfoundland Dog – c.1860s pen & ink drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JZ-756

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