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William Wordsworth

(1770-1850), Poet Laureate

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Sitter in 23 portraits
With Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads (1798) which marked the development of a new type of poetry dealing with feeling and imagination. For most of his life he lived in the Lake District, and the main theme of his extensive poetry was man's relation to nature. His masterpiece is commonly considered to be The Prelude (1850), a long verse-autobiography that includes Wordsworth's journey through revolutionary France in 1791, 'Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven!' He abandoned his early republicanism and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1843. Wordsworth experienced recurring episodes of the infectious disease trachoma from 1805 until his death.

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William Wordsworth, by Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 2020

William Wordsworth

by Benjamin Robert Haydon
plaster cast of life-mask, 1815
On display in Room 32 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2020

William Wordsworth, by Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG 1857

William Wordsworth

by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, 1842
On display in Room 17 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1857

William Wordsworth, by W. Baldry, after  Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG Ax46229

William Wordsworth

by W. Baldry, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s (1842)
NPG Ax46229

William Wordsworth, after William Shuter - NPG D36299

William Wordsworth

after William Shuter
aquatint photogravure on India-laid paper, 1798
NPG D36299

William Wordsworth, after Robert Hancock - NPG D8809

William Wordsworth

after Robert Hancock
stipple engraving, (1798)
NPG D8809

William Wordsworth, after Robert Hancock - NPG D8810

William Wordsworth

after Robert Hancock
stipple engraving, (1798)
NPG D8810

William Wordsworth, after Robert Hancock - NPG D8811

William Wordsworth

after Robert Hancock
stipple engraving, (1798)
NPG D8811

William Wordsworth, by Henry Meyer, published by  Henry Colburn, after  Richard Carruthers - NPG D8807

William Wordsworth

by Henry Meyer, published by Henry Colburn, after Richard Carruthers
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1819
NPG D8807

William Wordsworth, by Henry Meyer, after  Richard Carruthers - NPG D8808

William Wordsworth

by Henry Meyer, after Richard Carruthers
stipple engraving, circa 1819
NPG D8808

William Wordsworth, by Henry Meyer, published by  Henry Colburn, after  Richard Carruthers - NPG D8813

William Wordsworth

by Henry Meyer, published by Henry Colburn, after Richard Carruthers
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1819
NPG D8813

William Wordsworth, by Robert Cabell Roffe, after  Sir William Boxall - NPG D8812

William Wordsworth

by Robert Cabell Roffe, after Sir William Boxall
stipple engraving, circa 1831-1835
NPG D8812

William Wordsworth, after Daniel Maclise - NPG D34554

William Wordsworth

after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, (published 1832)
NPG D34554

William Wordsworth, by James Bromley, published by  Moon, Boys & Graves, published by  James Ryman, published by  Robert Roe, after  Sir William Boxall - NPG D36297

William Wordsworth

by James Bromley, published by Moon, Boys & Graves, published by James Ryman, published by Robert Roe, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 10 June 1832
NPG D36297

William Wordsworth, by Edward McInnes, published by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  Margaret Gillies - NPG D36298

William Wordsworth

by Edward McInnes, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Margaret Gillies
mezzotint, published 6 August 1841
NPG D36298

William Wordsworth, by Edward McInnes, published by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  Margaret Gillies - NPG D13986

William Wordsworth

by Edward McInnes, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Margaret Gillies
mezzotint, published 6 August 1841
NPG D13986

William Wordsworth, by and published by Thomas Goff Lupton, after  Benjamin Robert Haydon - NPG D19912

William Wordsworth

by and published by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
mezzotint, published 1 November 1848 (1842)
NPG D19912

William Wordsworth, by Charles William Sherborn, after  Margaret Gillies - NPG D21204

William Wordsworth

by Charles William Sherborn, after Margaret Gillies
etching, 1887
NPG D21204

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