Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), Naturalist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Naturalist; conservator, Hunterian Museum, 1827-56; first Hunterian professor of comparative anatomy, 1836-56; recognized as the first naturalist of his day; superintendent of natural history collection of the British Museum, 1856-83; author of numerous works; received international honours.
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.