Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), Arctic explorer and naturalist
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Arctic explorer and naturalist; accompanied Franklin on two Arctic expeditions, 1819 and 1825; inspector of hospitals, 1840; conducted a search for Franklin, 1847; published books on polar exploration, 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.
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.