John Keats (1795-1821), Poet
Sitter in 15 portraits
Artist associated with 2 portraits
The poet Keats developed his natural gifts for language and imagery and, in a tragically short career, became a mature and reflective poet. One of the second generation of Romantic poets, he is best known for the series of great odes that includes To a Nightingale (1819). He died of tuberculosis in Rome in 1821.
Benjamin Robert Haydon; John Keats
by John Keats, and Benjamin Robert Haydon
pen and ink, 1816
NPG 3250
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
plaster cast of life-mask, 1816
NPG 686
by Elkington & Co, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
electrotype of life-mask, 1884 (1816)
On display at Dove Cottage & Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere
NPG 686b
by T. Sampson, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, 1828 (1816)
NPG 686a
by Joseph Severn
oil on canvas, 1821-1823, dated 1821
On display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 58
by William Hilton, after Joseph Severn
oil on canvas, (circa 1822)
On display at Keats House, London
NPG 194
Benjamin Robert Haydon; John Keats
by Arthur Dawson, after John Keats, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
photograph, before 1934 (1816)
NPG D36763
by Arthur Dawson, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
photograph, before 1934 (1816)
NPG D36764
by Henry Meyer, published by Henry Colburn, after Joseph Severn
stipple engraving, 1828
NPG D20019
by Charles Wentworth Wass, after William Hilton
stipple engraving, published 1841
NPG D5220
by Charles Wentworth Wass, after William Hilton
stipple engraving, published 1841
NPG D13956
by John Henry Robinson, after Joseph Severn
stipple engraving, published 1848
NPG D9359
Keats House, Camden, London
Keats-Shelley House, Rome, Italy
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Romantic poets
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