Sir Henry Taylor
(1800-1886), Poet, essayist and civil servantEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 10 portraits
Poet, essayist and civil servant; given an appointment in the Colonial Office, 1824, and advocated the melioration, as opposed to the abolition, of the slave trade. An acquaintance of Southey and Wordsworth, Taylor also pursued an active career as a poet.
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by Lawrence Macdonald
marble bust, 1843
NPG 2619
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1863
NPG P2011(6)
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1 June 1865
NPG P990
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1868-1870
NPG 1014
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x12982
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen carte-de-visite on gold-edged mount, 1864
NPG x18078
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen carte-de-visite on gold-edged mount, 1865
NPG x18077
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1 June 1865
NPG x18020
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1865
NPG x18022
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