Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Samuel Cousins (1801-1887), Engraver
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Mezzotint engraver; one of the leading practitioners of his craft, 1826-83; helped to raise the prestige of his profession; ARA, 1835; first artist to be elected an academician-engraver, 1855; instituted a fund for indigent artists.
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.