William Simpson Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
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Original works by William Simpson available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Bin Tepe
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK
2 paintings online
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK
Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
D'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
William Simpson at The Athenaeum 
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales beating the Jungle with Sir Jung Bahadoor
Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
(SafeSearch set to "strict"; go to Advanced Search (Flickr/Google) or Preferences (Bing) to change)
Miscellaneous Sites:
Mount Shasta Companion
Scroll halfway down the page for several works by Simpson
The Victorian Web
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) 
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
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