Arthur Waudby (c. 1821–1872) was an English painter of the nineteenth century who specialised in carrying out work for the trade union movement.
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He published his first book Sketches on the Wye in 1839 when he was 18 and by 1844 he exhibited The Student, his first painting, at the Royal Academy.[1] In 1847 he exhibited two more paintings, Devotion and An Interior of a Cottage. In 1861 he started emblematic trade union work providing the designs of a certificate and banner for the Operative Bricklayers' Society.[1]