Thomas Moore
(1779-1852), Poet and biographer of ByronRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 12 portraits
Dublin-born Moore found fame as a poet and balladeer. His ballads were hugely popular, and were published as Moore's Irish Melodies in 1846 and 1852. He had success as a society figure in London. In 1803 was appointed registrar to the Admiralty in Bermuda. Moore returned to England in 1804; the deputy he left in his place absconded, leaving Moore with a debt that forced him to live abroad for years. During this time he visited Byron in Italy, whose literary executor he became. He also wrote Byron's biography, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, with Notices of his Life (1830). Moore's contemporaries saw him as a major poet. Today, however, he is remembered mainly as an associate of Byron.
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1800-1805
NPG 1340
by Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
watercolour, 1833-1857
NPG 2772(28b)
by Unknown artist
hand-coloured etching, circa 1800
NPG D18113
by Henry Meyer
stipple engraving, published 1818
NPG D38944
by John Burnet, published by James Carpenter, after Sir Martin Archer Shee
line engraving, published February 1820
NPG D13692
by and published by William Henry Watt, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after Gilbert Stuart Newton
line engraving, published June 1828
NPG D38945
by and published by William Henry Watt, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after Gilbert Stuart Newton
line engraving, published June 1828
NPG D18925
after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, (published 1830)
NPG D34542
by and published by George Raphael Ward, printed by Dixon & Ross, published by and after George Francis Mulvany
mezzotint, published 1 December 1836
NPG D38946
by William Finden, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple and line engraving, 1836 (1829)
NPG D14145
published by Photographische Gesellschaft
photogravure, circa 1900 (circa 1800-1805)
NPG D38943
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