Sir David Brewster
(1781-1868), Natural philosopher and academic administratorEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 19 portraits
Scientist; studied the polarisation of light; inventor of the Kaleidoscope, 1816.
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(104)
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843
NPG P6(10)
by Sir John Watson-Gordon
oil on canvas, 1864
NPG 691
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, mid-late 1850s
NPG Ax7301
by Maull & Co, after Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s (mid-late 1850s)
NPG Ax18208
by Maull & Co, after Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s (mid-late 1850s)
NPG Ax5070
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax39930
by John Moffat
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4290
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4291
by Thomas Rodger
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4293
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG x4292
by James Valentine
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x46992
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132901
published by James Fraser, after Daniel Maclise
lithograph, 1830s
NPG D1096
by William Brassey Hole
etching, published 1884
NPG D40232
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