Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
(John) Sims Reeves (1818-1900), Singer
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Singer; first public appearance, 1839; studied in Paris and Milan; first appearance in oratorio, 1848; thereafter ranked as the premier English tenor; professor of singing at the Guildhall School of Music.
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.