Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
(1793-1865), Painter; President of the Royal Academy and Director of the National Gallery; Trustee of the National Portrait GalleryEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 15 portraits
Artist associated with 2 portraits
As one of the first painters to arrive in Italy after the Continent reopened in 1815, Eastlake came to dominate the British colony of artists that existed in Rome during the late 1810s-1820s, and was the driving force behind the establishment of the British academy in Rome. Most days, he would spend dangerously long hours sketching the campagna and its people in the sun, and was consequently nicknamed Carlo the Salamander by his artist-friends. He would later become President of the Royal Academy in 1850, and the first Director of the new National Gallery in 1855. Eastlake was also secretary of the Fine Arts Commission, and published several works relating to art criticism and techniques.
by John Partridge
pencil, 1825
NPG 3944(22)
by William Brockedon
black chalk, 1828
NPG 2515(16)
by John Gibson
marble bust, 1840
NPG 953
The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by John Partridge
oil on canvas, circa 1846-1853
NPG 342
'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by John Partridge
oil on paper, circa 1846
NPG 343a
Sketch for 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
pencil, circa 1846
NPG 343b
George Dunlop Leslie; Sir Charles Lock Eastlake; John Wood
by Charles Bell Birch
pencil, circa 1858
NPG 2477
by Charles Bell Birch
pencil, 1859
NPG 2478
by Charles West Cope
pen and ink, circa 1862
NPG 3182(12)
Key to 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Sir George Scharf
pen and ink and wash, 1872
NPG 343c
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax14801
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax11913
by George Thomas Doo, after John Prescott Knight
line engraving, 1873
NPG D36063
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax38678
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x14307
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