Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Francis Ronalds (1788-1873), Inventor of the electric telegraph and meteorologist
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
A marble bust by E. Davis is in the Royal Society, London, exhibited RA, 1871 (1259); another marble bust by Davis of 1876 is in the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London; the portrait of Ronalds in 'Men of Science' was apparently based on a photograph (no example located).
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.