Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855), Geologist
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Geologist; studied geology in England and elsewhere; appointed to carry out a geological survey of England, 1832; president of Geological Society, 1847; published geological works.
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.