Sir Charles Barry
(1795-1860), ArchitectEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 8 portraits
The leading architect of his generation; worked mostly in a classical or Italianate style; responsible, with Pugin, for the Houses of Parliament.
The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by John Partridge
oil on canvas, circa 1846-1853
NPG 342
'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by John Partridge
oil on paper, circa 1846
NPG 343a
by John Prescott Knight
oil on canvas, circa 1851
NPG 1272
Key to 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Sir George Scharf
pen and ink and wash, 1872
NPG 343c
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 1859-1860
NPG Ax7339
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9207
after John Watkins
stipple engraving, 1850s
NPG D21478
by Leopold Wiener, probably after John Henry Foley
bronze medal, 1862
NPG D2910
Links
- Blue plaque, The Elms, Clapham Common North Side, Clapham, London SW4 9SP
- Cliveden House, Maidenhead, Kent
- Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, Lancashire
- Harewood House, Leeds, Yorkshire
- Highclere Castle & Gardens, Newbury, Berkshire
- Kingston Lacy, Wimborne Minster, Dorset
- Palace of Westminster, London
- Sir Charles Barry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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