Charles Whymper

A covey of partridge in the bracken at sunset

"Charles Whymper was a member of the Royal Institute and exhibited at the Royal Academy and the New Watercolour Society. He illustrated books on travel, sport and natural history. Whymper knew the artist Joseph Wolf very well and worked under him in his studio for a number of years. His influence can be clearly seen in this painting." - from Christie's Lot Notes

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Whymper was an early resident of Primrose Hill Studios in London. From the Camden website information: "First tenants included the painters John Dawson Watson (No. 1), Joseph Wolf (No. 2), John William Waterhouse RA (N0. 3) [later No. 6], John Charles Dollman (No. 5), P.M. Feeney (No. 7), Charles Whymper (No.8) and Lawrence George Calkin (No. 10). Arthur Rackham lived at No. 3 in 1905-6 ..."

John William Waterhouse, Joseph Wolf and Charles Whymper can be seen in a photograph from Julia Kerr's website devoted to Waterhouse. The photo is third down on this page. Waterhouse is shown with other friends and artists at Primrose Hill Studios in the second photo.

Josiah Wood Whymper - Engravings of two works by Harry Fenn

From the theatre Taormina, 1878

Isola Pescatori, 1878

more engravings http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Josiah_Wood_Whymper

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From the National Gallery of Australia website (under 'More Detail'): "The engravings for 'British Birds in their Haunts', 1862 after drawings by Joseph Wolf is considered [Whymper's] masterpiece. Among his other publications were the wood engravings for the 'Life and Habits of Wild Animals', 1873-74 produced with the help of his sons Charles, Frederick and Edward. Charles H. Whymper (1853-1941) provided illustrations for books on travel, sport and natural history. They include wood engravings for 'Yarrells History of British Birds', 1871-89 and the 'Birds of Egypt' in 1909. Edward J. Whymper (1840-1911), alpinist, illustrator and wood engraver, who engraved the illustrations for Howard Willoughby Australian pictures drawn with pen and pencil London 1886, married Edith Mary Lewin in 1906." (Annette Whymper, one of the eleven children of Josiah Wood Whymper and Elizabeth Claridge, had owned the book Birds of New South Wales and their natural history by John Lewin - the above quotation is from information about plate 12 of the book, The Spotted grossbeak.) (plate 15 from the book)