Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Alfred, Count D'Orsay (1801-1852), Amateur artist and man of fashion
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
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.
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.