Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1886), Poet, essayist and civil servant
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Civil servant and author; held posts in the treasury, 1817-20, and the colonial office, 1824-72; active in literary and philosophical circles; his published works include reviews, essays and plays, the most successful being 'Philip Van Artevelde'.
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.