William James Müller

This portraitback to top

The identification and attribution are traditional, but there is no reason to doubt them. Müller is shown as a very young man, so that a comparison with the later bust or miniature by Branwhite is not very helpful.

Physical descriptionback to top

Clear complexion, light grey eyes, brown hair. Dressed in a black neck-tie, white shirt, green waistcoat and light grey check jacket. Holding in one hand a palette with blue, green, red, yellow and white paints, and a paint brush in the other. Background colour greenish-brown.

Provenanceback to top

George Mackey of Birmingham, purchased from him, 1901.


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.

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