Edwin Wilkins Field

(1804-1871)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Field, Edwin W. (Edwin Wilkins), 1804-1871 NRA: Field Edwin Wilkins (1804-1871) Law Reformer and Painter DNB: Field, Edwin Wilkins (1804-1871), law reformer and promoter of art LBT ID: EdField1871 VIAF ID: 6393276 LOC ID: n85351951	B/BAP: 1804-10-12 DIED: 1871-07-30
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The law-partner of William Sharpe and husband of Mary Sharpe, Samuel Rogers's nephew and niece. He was an enthusiastic artist who assisted Henry Crabb Robinson in forming the Flaxman Gallery at University College, London.
REFERENCES TO Edwin Wilkins Field: Thomas Moore to Samuel Rogers, 25 October 1847 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 4 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter II. 1805-1809. Found 1: ¶ 14 Chapter VII. 1847-50.