Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay (1800-1859), Historian, poet and statesman
Sitter in 26 portraits
Historian; became a mainstay of the Edinburgh Review; MP from 1830; member of the Supreme Council of India, 1834-8 and Secretary at War, 1839-41; published his famous History of England, 1848; one of the great intellectual figures of the age.
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1833-1843
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 54
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
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 343a
Sketch for 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
pencil, circa 1846
NPG 343b
Key to 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by John Partridge
pen and ink and wash, 1846
NPG 343c
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by (Pietro) Carlo Giovanni Battista Marochetti, Baron Marochetti
bronze medallion, 1848
NPG 257
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by John Partridge
oil on canvas, circa 1849-1853
On display in the Library at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 1564
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Edward Matthew Ward
oil on canvas, 1853
On display in Room 24 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4882
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Sir Francis Grant
oil on canvas, 1853
NPG 453
The Funeral of Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Sir George Scharf
pen and ink, 1860
NPG 2689
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1856
NPG Ax29649
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Maull & Co, after Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, (April 1856)
NPG x76397
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1856
NPG Ax7515
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, April 1856
NPG Ax7926
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18324
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Antoine Claudet
photogravure, 1860s
NPG x20186
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Maull & Polyblank, published by Adam & Charles Black
albumen print, April 1856; published 1863
NPG Ax7346
by Unknown artist, published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132899
An Agreeable Specimen of an After-Dinner Speech or The Way to Bamboozle John Bull
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 January 1834
NPG D41231
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
after Sir Francis Grant
photogravure, (1858)
NPG D15735
Zachary Macaulay (father)
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Bt (nephew)
Lady Hannah More Trevelyan (née Macaulay) (sister)
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