Charles Waterton

Sitterback to top

• Charles Waterton (1782-1865), Naturalist. Sitter in 2 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Painter. Artist associated with 2 portraits.

This portraitback to top

The artist Peale was also a naturalist with a museum in Philadelphia. When he first met Waterton, in 1824, Waterton launched into a description of his method of taxidermy using the Guiana Red Cotinga and the cat's head that the artist has included here.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Holmes, Richard, Insights: The Romantic Poets and Their Circle, 2005, p. 17
• Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, p. 113
• Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 496
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 644

Subjects & Themesback to top

• On display at the Gallery
• Pets and animals