Regency Portraits Catalogue
Sir John Barrow, 1st Bt (1764-1848), Writer; founder of the Royal Geographical Society
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
c.1795
Miniature painting by unknown artist (NPG 769).
c.1810
Oil painting by Jackson (NPG 886 and other versions).
1844
Marble bust by William Behnes, exhibited RA 1844 (1329).
Watercolour and chalk drawing by T. (or J.) Macdonald in Royal Geographical Society, whole-length aged 80.
1846
Oil by John Lucas in Admiralty House, half-length commissioned and presented by Rt Hon Sidney Herbert (Barrow, Autobiographical Memoir, 1847, p 472), mezzotint by Payne 1847.
Posthumous
c.1850
'The meeting of Byron and Scott in Albemarle Street Spring 1815', Barrow seated on right in this imaginary reconstruction by L. Werner in John Murray collection.
1851
Oil by Stephen Pearce, 'The Arctic Council 1851' (NPG 1208) where Lucas's Admiralty House portrait of Barrow hangs on the wall in right background.
1854
Marble bust by R. Physick, exhibited RA 1854 (1420).
c.1864
An oil by Pearce in the Royal Society collection is a copy with variations of Lucas's portrait and was offered to the NPG in 1864, exhibited RA 1865 (165) and presented to the Royal Society by John Barrow in 1865. Two oil portraits by Pearce were in the Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea 1891 (29 and 62), both lent by Colonel John Barrow.
Undated
A marble obelisk marks his grave in St Martin-in-the-Fields burial ground, Camden Town.
A memorial tablet with portraits in relief by Thomas Milnes is in Ulverston parish church (his birthplace) and the 100ft sea-mark stands on Hoad Hill nearby.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.
Miniature painting by unknown artist (NPG 769).
c.1810
Oil painting by Jackson (NPG 886 and other versions).
1844
Marble bust by William Behnes, exhibited RA 1844 (1329).
Watercolour and chalk drawing by T. (or J.) Macdonald in Royal Geographical Society, whole-length aged 80.
1846
Oil by John Lucas in Admiralty House, half-length commissioned and presented by Rt Hon Sidney Herbert (Barrow, Autobiographical Memoir, 1847, p 472), mezzotint by Payne 1847.
Posthumous
c.1850
'The meeting of Byron and Scott in Albemarle Street Spring 1815', Barrow seated on right in this imaginary reconstruction by L. Werner in John Murray collection.
1851
Oil by Stephen Pearce, 'The Arctic Council 1851' (NPG 1208) where Lucas's Admiralty House portrait of Barrow hangs on the wall in right background.
1854
Marble bust by R. Physick, exhibited RA 1854 (1420).
c.1864
An oil by Pearce in the Royal Society collection is a copy with variations of Lucas's portrait and was offered to the NPG in 1864, exhibited RA 1865 (165) and presented to the Royal Society by John Barrow in 1865. Two oil portraits by Pearce were in the Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea 1891 (29 and 62), both lent by Colonel John Barrow.
Undated
A marble obelisk marks his grave in St Martin-in-the-Fields burial ground, Camden Town.
A memorial tablet with portraits in relief by Thomas Milnes is in Ulverston parish church (his birthplace) and the 100ft sea-mark stands on Hoad Hill nearby.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.