Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), Colonial statesman
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Colonial statesman; diplomatic official, 1814-6, 1820-6; imprisoned, 1826-9, for abducting an heiress; wrote influentially on penal reform, and later on colonial economics and administration; promoted foundation of South Australia and New Zealand colonies; worked tirelessly as adviser in Canada, and in London for the New Zealand Company.
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.