Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons

Sitterback to top

• Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons (1790-1858), Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits.

Artistback to top

• George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor. Artist associated with 85 portraits, Sitter in 40 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This portrait was painted in Constantinople. Watts visited the city in the winter of 1856-7 to secure a permit in connection with an archaeological expedition and, while there, made the acquaintance of Lyons.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 283
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 395

Subject/Themeback to top

• On display at the Gallery