Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), Poet and translator of 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám'
- Gallery portraits
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- Biography and References
Poet and translator; friend of Tennyson at Trinity College, Cambridge; lived a retired life in Suffolk; famous for his translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, published anonymously, 1859; also translated Sophocles and Calderon.
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.