Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Natural philosopher and academic administrator
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Scientist; editor of Edinburgh Magazine, and Edinburgh Encyclopaedia; royal medallist for discoveries in relation to polarisation of light; invented kaleidoscope; vice-chancellor of Edinburgh University, 1860; published several works relating chiefly to his optical investigations.
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.