Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), Naval captain and novelist

Captain RN and novelist; served on various stations during Napoleonic Wars; commanded the Lame in first Burmese war, 1823; commanded successful expedition up Bassein River, 1825; published a series of well-known novels of sea-life, children's books and 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.