Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Alfred, Count D'Orsay (1801-1852), Amateur artist and man of fashion

Artist and dandy; with the Countess of Blessington established a fashionable salon and coterie in London; executed portrait drawings (many are in the NPG), busts and oils; one of the most distinguished dandies and social figures of the period.


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.