Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877), Naval officer and hydrographer

Admiral; surveyed coast-lines in various parts of the world; commanded an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1852; published accounts of voyages, and other 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.