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Alfred, Count D'Orsay

(1801-1852), Amateur artist and man of fashion

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.

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Frederick Byng, by Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG 4026(8)

Frederick Byng

by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, circa 1832-1848
NPG 4026(8)

Edwardes, by Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG 4026(21)

Edwardes

by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, circa 1832-1848
NPG 4026(21)

John Fairlie, by Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG 4026(22)

John Fairlie

by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, circa 1832-1848
NPG 4026(22)

Robert Gore, by Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG 4026(31)

Robert Gore

by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, circa 1832-1848
NPG 4026(31)

Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland, by Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG 4026(26)

Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland

by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, circa 1832-1848
NPG 4026(26)

John Allan Powell, by Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG 4026(46)

John Allan Powell

by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, 1832
NPG 4026(46)

George Herbert, by Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG 4026(34)

George Herbert

by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, 1834
NPG 4026(34)

John Lyster, by Alfred, Count D'Orsay - NPG 4026(40)

John Lyster

by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, 1834
NPG 4026(40)

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