Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Solomon Alexander Hart (1806-1881), Painter
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Painter; of Jewish origin; student at RA schools; began exhibiting at RA, 1826; ARA, 1835; RA, 1840; visited Italy, 1841; professor of painting at RA, 1854 onwards, and subsequently librarian; noted for his scriptural and historical pictures.
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.