Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889), Poet, writer and barrister

Writer; barrister, 1835; published his famous poem, Proverbial Philosophy, which had world-wide success, 1838; published numerous other works, including an Autobiography; ingenious inventor.


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.