Alfred, Count D'Orsay
(1801-1852), Amateur artist and man of fashionEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 13 portraits
Artist associated with 267 portraits
Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'Orsay was a French amateur artist, dandy, and man of fashion in the early- to mid-nineteenth century. In 1830, D'Orsay moved to London, where he worked as a sculptor and a painter, specialising in portraiture. In 1845, he painted a portrait of Wellington. His statuettes of Napoleon and Wellington were very popular, as were engravings of many of his portraits, including those of Queen Victoria, Lord Lyndhurst and Dwarkanath Tagore. More than 125 profile sketches of his contemporaries were published by Mitchell of Bond Street, including among them nearly all the artistic, literary and fashionable celebrities of the time.
by Sir Edwin Landseer
pen and wash, circa 1835
NPG 4922
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1839
NPG 5061
by Richard James Lane
chalk and pencil, 1841
NPG 4540
by L.O.
lithograph, early 19th century
NPG D13784
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, circa 1825-1850
NPG D22457
after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, (early 1830s)
NPG D34538
Possibly Alfred, Count D'Orsay and two unknown sitters
by Unknown artist
lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D35355
by Daniel Maclise, published by James Fraser
lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D7813
by Richard James Lane, published by John Mitchell
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (December 1833)
NPG D45920
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, (December 1833)
NPG D46213
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 8 November 1839
NPG D41552
Charles Dickens; Alfred, Count D'Orsay
by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
hand-coloured lithograph, 16 December 1841
NPG D20137
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1841
NPG D22375
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