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Sir Frederic William Burton

(1816-1900), Watercolour painter and Director of the National Gallery

Sitter in 6 portraits
Artist associated with 11 portraits
Sir Frederic William Burton was an Irish painter and museum director. He was taught painting by the Brocas brothers in Dublin and, like them, he specialised in watercolours. He soon established himself as a portrait painter, and he had many notable sitters in Dublin. Burton was elected Royal Hibernian Academician in 1839 at the age of twenty-three. In 1851 he settled in Munich, from where he made sketching trips and visits to German art galleries. He subsequently settled in London, where he continued to devote himself to the study of art history and to portrait painting.

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George Eliot, by Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG 669

George Eliot

by Sir Frederic William Burton
chalk, 1865
NPG 669

Unknown woman, formerly known as George Eliot, by Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG 2210

Unknown woman, formerly known as George Eliot

by Sir Frederic William Burton
pencil
NPG 2210

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin), by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by Joseph Dickinson, after Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG D22057

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin)

by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by Joseph Dickinson, after Sir Frederic William Burton
lithograph, published 1 February 1836
NPG D22057

Richard Pennefather, by James Henry Lynch, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG D40142

Richard Pennefather

by James Henry Lynch, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Sir Frederic William Burton
lithograph, (1848)
NPG D40142

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin), by Richard James Lane, after Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG D4430

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin)

by Richard James Lane, after Sir Frederic William Burton
lithograph, published 1857
NPG D4430

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin), by Richard James Lane, after Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG D21855

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin)

by Richard James Lane, after Sir Frederic William Burton
lithograph, published circa 1857
NPG D21855

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin), by Richard James Lane, after Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG D22004

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin)

by Richard James Lane, after Sir Frederic William Burton
lithograph, published 1857
NPG D22004

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin), Sir Frederick William Burton, by Richard James Lane, after Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG D22213

Helen Faucit (Helena (née Faucit Saville), Lady Martin), Sir Frederick William Burton

by Richard James Lane, after Sir Frederic William Burton
lithograph, published 1857
NPG D22213

George Eliot, by Paul Adolphe Rajon, after Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG D9729

George Eliot

by Paul Adolphe Rajon, after Sir Frederic William Burton
etching, (1865)
NPG D9729

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