David Gee (Coventry, 1793 – 1872) was an English oil painter who took his inspiration from the local area.

Gee mostly painted battle scenes, landscapes as well as pictures inspired by local legends such as Lady Godiva.

[2] In 1831, Gee began restoration work on the Holy Trinity Doom, an early 15th-century painting of the Last Judgment.

[6] According to a letter dated 2 February 2015 (in response to Freedom of Information Act 2000 request ref no 20123607, link to download below), the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry have 15 of David Gee's pictures in their collection their value ranging from £2,000 for portraits to £30,000 for his famous “Lammas Day” Coventry landscape.

One of his portraits, of Frederick George Smyth, painted in 1858, hangs in the King Henry VIII School Archive.