Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1886), Poet, essayist and civil servant

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.