Samuel Rogers
(1763-1855), Poet, banker and art connoisseurRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 23 portraits
Best remembered as a witty conversationalist and as a friend of poets such as Byron and Wordsworth, Rogers attained eminence with the publication of his poem The Pleasures of Memory (1792). This widely praised poem was so popular that by 1806 it had gone through fifteen editions. His other published poetry included The Voyage of Columbus (1810) and Italy (1822-8). In 1793 he inherited a banking firm, and for the next half century he maintained an influential position in London society. The amusing, though often unkind, conversations held at his breakfast parties were recorded by Alexander Dyce and published in 1856 as Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers.
by George Dance
pencil, 1795
NPG 1155
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1817
NPG 763
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
chalk, circa 1825
NPG 400
by Jean Pierre Dantan
plaster cast of caricature bust, 1833
NPG 3888
by Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
watercolour, 1833-1857
NPG 2772(28b)
by Sir Edwin Landseer
pen and wash, circa 1835
NPG 4921
by Sir Edwin Landseer
pen and wash, circa 1835
NPG 4919
by Sir Edwin Landseer
pen and wash, circa 1835
NPG 4920
Maria-Louisa Phipps (née Campbell), Samuel Rogers, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
by Frank Stone
oil on canvas, circa 1845
NPG 1916
The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by John Partridge
oil on canvas, circa 1846-1853
NPG 342
'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by John Partridge
oil on paper, circa 1846
NPG 343a
Sketch for 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
pencil, circa 1846
NPG 343b
by George Richmond
chalk, 1848
NPG 1044
Key to 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Sir George Scharf
pen and ink and wash, 1872
NPG 343c
by Mr Paine
salt print, early-mid 1850s
NPG Ax29963
by William Finden, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, (1769-1830)
NPG D8884
by Dominique Vivant Denon, Baron Denon
pencil, after 1817
NPG D6596
by Henry Meyer, published by Thomas Cadell the Elder, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 16 August 1822 (1769-1830)
NPG D39837
by Henry Meyer, published by Thomas Cadell the Elder, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 16 August 1822 (1769-1830)
NPG D15653
by Henry Meyer, published by Thomas Cadell the Elder, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 16 August 1822 (1769-1830)
NPG D19154
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Martin Hopkinson
20 October 2017, 19:56
Samuel Laurence exhibited a portrait of Rogers at the National Institution in 1853 as no 41 - no price was given