Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Michael William Balfe (1808-1870), Composer
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
A painting by an unknown artist, and a marble medallion by L. A. Malempré, are in the Irish Academy of Music, exhibited Dublin Exhibition, 1872, 'Portraits' (443 and 269); drawings by D. Maclise of c.1844, and by J. Wood are in the Irish NPG, the former exhibited Daniel Maclise, Arts Council at the NPG, 1972 (45); another drawing by Wood was sold Christie's, 5 February 1889 (lot 58), sketch in NPG sale catalogue; a drawing and a miniature, both by unknown artists, were sold at Christie's, 22 February 1889 (lot 1), bought Hodges, and (lot 37), bought by the sitter's son; a marble bust by Sir T. Farrell is in the Irish NPG, reproduced as a woodcut ILN, LXXXIII (1878), 513; a bust by J. E. Jones was exhibited RA, 1846 (1508) - 'to be executed in marble'; a marble statue by L. A. Malempré is in the Drury Lane Theatre, exhibited RA, 1874 (1506), reproduced as a woodcut ILN, LXV (1874), 373; a medallion by an unknown artist is in Westminster Abbey, reproduced W. A. Barrett, Balfe, his Life and Work (1882), p 292; a memorial window by Ballantine is in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; there are various lithographs and etchings (examples in NPG, Harvard Theatre Collection, and British Museum); an etching by an unknown artist is reproduced T. Russell, The Proms (1949), p 16; a lithograph by Prinzhofer was published C. L. Kenney, A Memoir of W. M. Balfe (1875), frontispiece; a woodcut was published ILN, III (1843), 124; there is a photograph in the NPG, and woodcuts of others.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.