Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Henry Graves (1806-1892), Printseller and fine art publisher

Printseller; brother of the engraver, Robert Graves (1798-1873); sole proprietor of the firm of Henry Graves & Co, 1844; published numerous engravings after Victorian subject paintings and portraits; one of the founders of the Art Journal and Illustrated London News; a key figure in the print market.


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.