Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Joseph Severn (1793-1879), Painter and Civil Servant
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
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.
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.