Alfred Tidey (1808–1892) was a miniature painter, born in Worthing, Sussex. His father was a schoolmaster and his younger brother, Henry Fryer Tidey (1814–1872), also became an artist. While still young he came to London, where he attracted the notice of Henry Neville, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny. He began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1831, and in 1836 he sent a miniature of Sir John Conroy to the Duchess of Kent. This led to the Duchess's daughter, the young Queen Victoria, commissioning him in 1841 to paint a miniature of the Hon. Julia Henrietta Anson, one of her maids of honour. Further notable commissions included Queen Victoria's daughter, the Empress Frederick, and granddaughter, Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He continued to exhibit miniatures at the Royal Academy regularly until 1857, but seldom after that date. He also exhibited some watercolour drawings, ending in 1887. Three of his final works appeared in 1891 in the exhibition of the Dudley Gallery Art Society, of which he was a member.
