Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860), Architect

The leading architect of his generation; responsible for the Houses of Parliament (with Pugin), several London club houses and many other private and public buildings.


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.