Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867), Sculptor, designer and modeller of silver

A painting by himself is in the collection of T. C. Bates; a painting by Sir W. Beechey was exhibited RA, 1829 (301), probably the picture etched by Mrs D. Turner (example in NPG); paintings by T. Mogford were exhibited RA, 1843 (131), and 1854 (535); paintings by J. Lonsdale and G. Tuson were exhibited RA, 1828 (91), and 1858 (88); paintings (possibly one and the same) by J. E. Williams were exhibited RA, 1863 (693), and SKM, 1868 (591); a drawing by T. Bridgford was exhibited RA, 1843 (1059), engraved by J. Smyth, published 1847 (example in NPG), for the Art-Union; a plaster statue by E. G. Papworth junior, executed for Joseph Neeld MP, of Grittleton Hall, was exhibited RA, 1856 (1297); busts by E. G. Papworth junior were exhibited RA, 1856 (1331), and 1868 (1127); a bust by J. Dinham was exhibited RA, 1826 (1092); a bronze medallion by A. B. Wyon was issued by the Art Union (example in NPG); there are several photographs in the NPG; a woodcut was published ILN, L (1867), 569.


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.