# Frederick Weekes

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{{Short description|English painter and designer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Frederick Weekes
|image=File:BurgesWardrobe.JPG
|caption=A wardrobe, designed by [Burges](/source/William_Burges) and painted by Weekes
|birth_date= 1834
|birth_place=London
|death_date= {{death year and age|1924|1834}}
|death_place=
|alma_mater =
|notable_works= {{Plainlist|
* [Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral](/source/Saint_Fin_Barre's_Cathedral)
* [Church of Christ the Consoler](/source/Church_of_Christ_the_Consoler)
* [Cardiff Castle](/source/Cardiff_Castle)
* [Castell Coch](/source/Castell_Coch)}}
  [The Tower House](/source/The_Tower_House)}}

'''Frederick Weekes''' (1834-1924) was an English painter and designer.<ref name="victorianweb1">{{cite web|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/burges/15.html |title=St Mary, Studley Royal, by William Burges (1827-1881) |publisher=Victorianweb.org |date=2011-12-01 |accessdate=2017-03-26}}</ref>  Son of the successful Victorian sculptor, [Henry Weekes](/source/Henry_Weekes),<ref name="victorianweb2">{{cite web|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/lonsdale/1.html |title=East Window, Christ the Consoler, Skelton, by H. W. Lonsdale |publisher=Victorianweb.org |date=2011-12-07 |accessdate=2017-03-26}}</ref> two of his brothers also became artists, the genre and animal painters [Herbert William Weekes](/source/Herbert_William_Weekes) and Henry Weekes Junior.

He established a long partnership with the architect [William Burges](/source/William_Burges), working with him on many of his major commissions, including [Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral](/source/Saint_Fin_Barre's_Cathedral),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/burges/17.html |title=[A Review of&#93; "Searching for the New Jerusalem: The Iconography of St Fin Barre's Cathedral," Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork |publisher=Victorianweb.org |date=2014-04-10 |accessdate=2017-03-26}}</ref> [Cardiff Castle](/source/Cardiff_Castle), [Castell Coch](/source/Castell_Coch),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/design/castiron/6.html |title=Door to Lord Bute's Sitting Room, Cardiff Castle.  |publisher=Victorianweb.org |date=2009-12-11 |accessdate=2017-03-26}}</ref> the Yorkshire churches<ref name="victorianweb1"/><ref name="victorianweb2"/> and Burges's own home in London, [The Tower House](/source/The_Tower_House).

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Category:19th-century English painters
Category:English male painters
Category:20th-century English painters
Category:1833 births
Category:1920 deaths
Category:English designers
Category:20th-century English male artists
Category:19th-century English male artists

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