Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Popular prints of Knowles are listed in L. A. Hall, Catalogue of Engraved Dramatic Portraits in the Theatre Collection of the Harvard College Library, II (Cambridge, Mass, 1931), 422-3 (some examples in the NPG and the British Museum); two paintings by Ambrose were sold at Christie's, 22 July 1871 (lots 68 and 75); a painting by W. Bewick of 1837 was with H. Graves & Co, 1880, sketched by G. Scharf, Sir George Scharf's Trustees' Sketch Books (NPG archives), XXVII, 30; paintings by S. Drummond and J. Stewart were exhibited RA, 1834 (293), and 1858 (145); a painting by J. D. Herbert, exhibited RA, 1834 (17), and a bust by P. MacDowell, are listed by W. G. Strickland, Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), I, 478, and II, 62; a lithograph by R. J. Lane, after a painting by C. Harding, was published R. Findley, Glasgow, 1826 (example in NPG); an engraving by D. Maclise was published Fraser's Magazine, XIV (September 1836), facing 272, as no.76 of Maclise's 'Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters'; a drawing by Count A. D'Orsay of 1839 was sold at Sotheby's, 13 February 1950 (lot 216), bought Colnaghi, lithographed by R. J. Lane, published J. Mitchell (example in NPG); marble busts by H. Kachler and P. L. Crowley were exhibited RA, 1842 (1370), and 1859 (1363); a bust by C. Tate is listed by R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors (1953), p 380; a woodcut was published ILN, XLI (1862), 677; an unidentified portrait was in the Dublin Exhibition, 1872, 'National Portrait Gallery' (288), lent by the Madame Steevens's Hospital; there is a photograph by J. Douglas in the NPG.


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.