Sir George Scharf
(1820-1895), Artist and art historian; first Director and later trustee of the National Portrait GalleryLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 79 portraits
Artist associated with 588 portraits
Artist and art historian; appointed first Secretary of the National Portrait Gallery in 1857 and Director in 1882. Scharf studied art under his father, the draughtsman and lithographer George Scharf, before entering the Royal Academy Schools in 1838. In the 1840s Scharf was twice commissioned as a draughtsman to travel to Asia Minor and, in the late 1840s and early 1850s, established himself as a leading book illustrator. Scharf devoted nearly 40 years to researching and identifying authentic portraits of significant historical figures and became an authority on portraiture.
More on Scharf: Sir George Scharf sketchbooks
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Walter William Ouless
photograph, 1889 (1885)
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by Henry Dixon & Son, after Walter William Ouless
photograph, 1889 (1885)
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by Henry Dixon & Son, after Walter William Ouless
photograph, 1889 (1885)
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by Henry Dixon & Son, after Walter William Ouless
photograph, 1889 (1885)
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Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
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by Sir George Scharf
pencil
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by Sir George Scharf
pencil
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1876
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