Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

William Frederick Witherington (1785-1865), Painter

Landscape painter; left business for art; student at RA schools; exhibited at British Institution, 1808-43, and at RA, 1811-63; RA, 1840; painted a few literary subjects, but mainly landscapes and views.


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.