Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), Poet and translator of 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám'
Sitter in 4 portraits
Poet and translator; a friend of literary figures including George Crabbe, Carlyle and the Tennyson brothers, but lived a reclusive life in Suffolk; famous for his rendering of the verses of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, 1859.
by Eva, Lady Rivett-Carnac, after a photograph by Unknown photographer
watercolour on ivory, (1873)
On display in the Library at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 1342
by or after Cade & White of Ipswich
carbon print, 1873
NPG P757
published by Macmillan & Co
engraving after photograph, (1873)
NPG D9739
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Scholarship and Research
Groups
Linguists and translators
Poets
Place
Suffolk
