Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

David Roberts (1796-1864), Painter

Painter; began his career as a scene-painter to a travelling company; established his reputation with pictures of ruins, architecture, landscapes, and scenes in Europe and the Middle East; published several series of lithographs; a popular and prolific artist.


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.