Sir Charles Barry

Sitterback to top

• Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860), Architect. Sitter in 8 portraits.

Artistback to top

• John Prescott Knight (1803-1881), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 25 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

This portraitback to top

The leading architect of his generation, Charles Barry worked mostly in a classical or Italianate style but his major achievement was the Elizabethan-style Houses of Parliament which he designed together with Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. In this portrait Barry is shown with a pair of compasses in his hand, resting his elbow on some partly unrolled architectural plans which lie on top of a Gothic-style cupboard. The plans presumably relate to the new Houses of Parliament which are seen under construction in the background.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Audio Guide
• Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 28
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 37

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Buildings and architecture
• On display at the Gallery