Regency Portraits Catalogue
Jane Taylor (1783-1824), Writer of children's poetry; daughter of Ann and Isaac Taylor
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
In addition to the family group (NPG 1248) Isaac Taylor, her father, painted a miniature of her to be engraved in stipple probably by himself for the title-page to Mrs Knight's Life of Jane Taylor, 1880.
Silhouette is reproduced in the Memoirs and Correspondence of Jane Taylor, 1825.
Charcoal drawing touched with red and white chalk in NPG Reference Collection, on off-white paper clearly watermarked 1824 (18.5 x 17.5 cm), is signed with an indecipherable monogram and the date 1831.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.
Silhouette is reproduced in the Memoirs and Correspondence of Jane Taylor, 1825.
Charcoal drawing touched with red and white chalk in NPG Reference Collection, on off-white paper clearly watermarked 1824 (18.5 x 17.5 cm), is signed with an indecipherable monogram and the date 1831.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.