Thomas Robert Way

Who was Thomas Robert Way?

Thomas Robert Way was an English painter of landscapes and portraits, lithographer and printer, who exhibited in London between 1883-1893.

Way was born in London. He trained at the South Kensington Art Schools and designed posters for London Underground between 1910 and 1913.

He is noted for his topographical lithographs of London. His catalogue of 130 of James McNeill Whistler's lithographs appeared in 1896. At his urging Whistler took up lithgraphy, and Way eventually published "Mr. Whistler's Lithographs" in 1905. Later, in 1912, he wrote a memoir as Whistler's friend and confidant, "Memories of James McNeill Whistler". He also printed the work of Frank Brangwyn.