Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Joseph Severn (1793-1879), Painter and Civil Servant

Painter; studied at RA schools; accompanied Keats to Italy, and attended him at his death, 1821; practised at Rome, painting landscapes and subject pictures; in England, 1841-60; British consul at Rome, 1860-72.


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.