Edward Bird

1 works by Edward Bird (English, 1772–1819) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.

Edward Bird was an English genre painter who spent most of his working life in Bristol, where the Bristol School of artists formed around him. He enjoyed a few years of popularity in London, where he challenged the dominance of Sir David Wilkie in the genre painting field, before moving on to history painting, specialising in battle scenes.

At a glance

Most of Edward Bird's work on the site falls under Prints (5), Drawings (3), Illustration (3).

By movement, it's catalogued as Neoclassicism (12), Art Nouveau (1).

Culture: English (13).

By orientation: 4 landscape, 8 portrait, 1 square.

Other English artists of the period

If you like this artist, these contemporaries are catalogued too:

• Thomas Rowlandson — 2,769 artworks
• Joseph Mallord William Turner — 616 artworks
• George Romney — 333 artworks
• John Flaxman — 321 artworks
• John Constable — 301 artworks
• James Ward — 271 artworks
• John Sell Cotman — 251 artworks
• Samuel Prout — 207 artworks

Prints of these artworks

Every artwork here can be downloaded as the original high-resolution file, or ordered as a Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print from $21.99, shipping included.

Sizes and framing

Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.

Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.