National Portrait Gallery - Person - Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge and critic; editor of the 'Edinburgh Review'

Sitter in 11 portraits
The Scottish judge Francis Jeffrey founded the Whig periodical the Edinburgh Review in 1802. As its editor and leading contributor between 1803 and 1829, Jeffrey was one of the most influential commentators on matters of art, politics and science. Known as a ruthless critic, he was hostile to Wordsworth and his circle whom he named, sarcastically, the 'Lake School'. He was slow to appreciate the work of Scott, Keats and Byron and one of his early attacks provoked Byron's satiric poem English Bards and Scotch Reviewers(1809).

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Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

by Andrew Geddes
oil on canvas, 1820
NPG 1628

The House of Commons, 1833

by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1833-1843
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 54

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

by John Linnell
pencil, circa 1840
NPG 1815

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

by Patric Park
marble bust, exhibited 1840
On display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 133

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

by Samuel Freeman, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Sir Henry Raeburn
stipple engraving, published 16 March 1812
NPG D3303

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

by Samuel Freeman, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Sir Henry Raeburn
stipple engraving, published 16 March 1812
NPG D13981