Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Isaac Taylor (1787-1865), Writer and artist; eldest son of Ann and Isaac Taylor
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Artist, author and inventor; trained as an engraver; translated the classics; published theological and philosophical works, including The Natural History of Enthusiasm, 1830; later wrote devotional and biographical works; invented a beer tap and a machine for engraving on copper.
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.
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.