Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Harriet Waylett (1798-1851), Actress

A painting by R. Rothwell is listed in W. G. Strickland, Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), II, 309; a miniature by J. W. Childe was exhibited RA, 1834 (738); sixteen popular prints are listed in L. A. Hall, Catalogue of Dramatic Portraits in the Theatre Collection of the Harvard College Library, IV (Cambridge, Mass, 1934), 240-1 (some examples in NPG and British Museum).


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.