William Frederick Wakeman

William Frederick Wakeman (1822 – 15 October 1900) was an Irish archaeologist, initially producing works as an artist and then as an author.

A student of George Petrie, Wakeman produced pen and pencil sketches of land features and antiquities while employed as a draughtsman by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland.

The works of this period are held by the Royal Irish Academy.

[1] After the closing of the topographical department of the Survey, he took teaching roles at St. Columba's College in County Meath[1] and the Portora Royal and District National Model schools in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

[2] He eventually abandoned art to pursue his interest in archaeology.

Black and white line drawing of a rowboat on a lake, with a small populated island in the background.
Wakeman's illustration of pilgrims rowing to Station Island on Lough Derg , County Donegal .
Colour photograph of a 19th-century utilitarian red-brick building with a slate roof.
Former District National Model School in Enniskillen , where Wakeman taught in later life.