Sir Richard Owen
(1804-1892), Naturalist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologistEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 35 portraits
From the mid 1830s the leading British comparative anatomist; one of the most formidable opponents of evolutionary theories, which he disputed with Huxley; superintendent of the Natural History Department of the British Museum, and designed new natural history galleries at South Kensington.
by Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas, circa 1845
NPG 938
by William Brockedon
black and red chalk, 1847
NPG 2515(98)
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, circa 1855
NPG P106(15)
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, circa 1855
NPG Ax87531
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published May 1856
NPG Ax7272
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published May 1856
NPG Ax7925
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18374
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12630
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x197542
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax29679
by Ernest Edwards
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863-1867
NPG Ax29678
by Ernest Edwards, published by Lovell Reeve & Co
albumen print, published 1863
NPG Ax13827
by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s-early 1870s
NPG Ax18299
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax17792
by George Charles Wallich, published by John Van Voorst
albumen print on card mount, published 1870
NPG Ax14781
'Leaders in Medicine & Surgery'
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
carbon cabinet card, early-mid 1870s
NPG x197426
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1878
NPG Ax17569
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype on paper mount, 1878 or before
NPG x12633
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1880s
NPG x127468
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG Ax5414
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