Home › Entities › Human › Charles Wirgman

Charles Wirgman

English artist active in Japan (1832-1891)
Person Human Q1066490

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
August 31, 1832
Date of death
February 8, 1891
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Yokohama
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[10]
Occupation
caricaturist, illustrator, comics artist, photographer
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library[26]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[25]
End of work period
1891[20]
Given name
Charles[17]
Has works in the collection
National Army Museum, Het Scheepvaartmuseum[23][24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject[21][22]
Place of burial
Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery[9]
Start of work period
1860[19]
Student
Kobayashi Kiyochika, Takahashi Yuichi, Kanō Tomonobu, Yoshimatsu Goseda, Goseda Hōryū[11][12][13][14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charles Wirgman fa چارلز ویرگمن ja チャールズ・ワーグマン ko 찰스 워그먼 ru Виргман, чарльз ru Чарльз Виргман uk Чарльз Віргман zh 查尔斯・威格曼 zh-hant 查爾斯・威格曼
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000081360622
VIAF cluster ID
56790878
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n78040708
GND ID
131617257
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Charles Wirgman Diggins HD.jpg ↗
Art UK artist ID
wirgman-charles-18321891
Artists of the World ID
00160658
Artnet artist ID
charles-wirgman-sr
AskArt person ID
11081283
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
137517480
British Museum person or institution ID
51408
Christie's creator ID
51503
Show all 38 identifiers +26
CiNii Research ID
1140845216610695296
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Charles-Wirgman
FAST ID
24689
Find a Grave memorial ID
10731654
Freebase ID
/m/04kc5m
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991000679699707141
GCD creator ID
17676
George Eastman Museum people ID
145181
Invaluable.com person ID
q8jbpdsh2j
J9U entity ID
987007446819205171
Japan Search name ID
チャールズ・ワーグマン
Met Constituent ID
201096
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0147922X
NDL Authority ID
00461225
NLA Trove people ID
1482849
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
100918
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
11499
Prabook ID
2501160
RKDartists ID
85036
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
152217
SNAC ARK ID
w6744hgc
Union List of Artist Names ID
500003746
Watercolour World artist ID
charles-wirgman
Wellcome Collection concept ID
xpskmg4a
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpdJrCK3WqpdTPWqWfDv3
Yale LUX ID
person/bf414629-bc3a-4f06-84ca-ac79711cc15b

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
photographer, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist
Student 3
Kobayashi Kiyochika, Takahashi Yuichi, Yoshimatsu Goseda
Students 3
Kobayashi Kiyochika, Takahashi Yuichi, Yoshimatsu Goseda
Has works in the collection 2
Het Scheepvaartmuseum, National Army Museum
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Given name 1
Charles
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
London
Place of death 1
Yokohama
Sex or gender 1
male
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Charles Wirgman was born on August 31, 1832[1], in London[2]. He died on February 8, 1891[3], in Yokohama[4]. He worked as a caricaturist[5], illustrator[6], comics artist[7], and photographer[8].

FAQs

Where was Charles Wirgman born?

Charles Wirgman was born in London[2].

Where did Charles Wirgman die?

Charles Wirgman passed away in Yokohama[4].

What did Charles Wirgman do for work?

Charles Wirgman worked as a caricaturist[5], illustrator[6], comics artist[7], and photographer[8].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Collectie online Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam. Retrieved . n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Charles Wirgman. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-wirgman
MLA “Charles Wirgman.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-wirgman.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_charles-wirgman_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Charles Wirgman}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-wirgman}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-12}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Charles Wirgman — https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-wirgman (retrieved 2026-11-12)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-wirgman · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    "Created claim: Languages spoken, written or signed: English, batch #263717"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.