John Bird Sumner
(1780-1862), Archbishop of CanterburyEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 13 portraits
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1848; from 1838-48 Bishop of Chester; founded numerous churches and schools; inclined to the evangelical party of the Church of England, but was admired for his moderate views and impartiality.
by George Richmond
chalk, engraved 1849
NPG 2467
by Margaret Sarah Carpenter
oil on canvas, circa 1852
NPG 3975
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, 1863
NPG 1207
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published August 1859
NPG x14261
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1861
NPG x38888
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax30378
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax30379
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x26582
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x134609
by Samuel Cousins, after Margaret Sarah Carpenter
mezzotint, (1839)
NPG D40905
by Francis Holl, published by Joseph Hogarth, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, published 1849
NPG D40907
'The opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of all Nations'
by George Cruikshank, published by David Bogue
etching, 1851
NPG D33638
by John Richardson Jackson, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Margaret Sarah Carpenter
mezzotint, published 26 July 1853
NPG D40906
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