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Frederick Burnaby

(1842-1885), Soldier, traveller and balloonist

Frederick Gustavus Burnaby

Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 10 portraits
Burnaby's exploits as a cavalry officer and explorer captured every schoolboy's imagination; over six feet four inches tall, he was reputed to be the strongest man in the British Army; his books about his adventures, including A Ride to Khiva, 1876, and On Horseback through Asia Minor, 1877, were bestsellers; in 1885 he took part in the relief expedition to Khartoum in the Sudan, and died from a spear wound.

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Frederick Burnaby, by James Jacques Tissot - NPG 2642

Frederick Burnaby

by James Jacques Tissot
oil on panel, 1870
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2642

Frederick Burnaby, by Harry Furniss - NPG 3428

Frederick Burnaby

by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880-1885
NPG 3428

Frederick Burnaby, by Donovan - NPG x4900

Frederick Burnaby

by Donovan
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x4900

Frederick Burnaby, by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington - NPG Ax17544

Frederick Burnaby

by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1877
NPG Ax17544

Frederick Burnaby, by Lock & Whitfield - NPG x4901

Frederick Burnaby

by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype on paper mount, 1877 or before
NPG x4901

Frederick Burnaby, by Lock & Whitfield - NPG Ax8705

Frederick Burnaby

by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1877 or before
NPG Ax8705

Frederick Burnaby, by Lock & Whitfield - NPG x4902

Frederick Burnaby

by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, circa 1877
NPG x4902

Frederick Burnaby, by Thomas Fall - NPG x135501

Frederick Burnaby

by Thomas Fall
albumen cabinet card, 1885 (before November 1884)
NPG x135501

Frederick Burnaby ('Men of the Day. No. 143.'), by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG D43773

Frederick Burnaby ('Men of the Day. No. 143.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 December 1876
NPG D43773

Frederick Burnaby, published by Charles Sheard, probably after Lock & Whitfield - NPG D42965

Frederick Burnaby

published by Charles Sheard, probably after Lock & Whitfield
lithograph, circa 1885
NPG D42965

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