Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859), Writer; author of 'Confessions of an Opium Eater'
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Author of Confessions of an Opium Eater; a prominent literary figure in London, and a friend of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, Southey and others; published his Confessions, 1821; author of numerous 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.
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.