Robert Owen

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Incised: ROBERT OWEN/B 1771 D 1858.

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According to Corfield 'the medallion was modelled from a cast of Mr Owen's head taken during life by Deville of the Strand' (letter 22 March 1881 in NPG archive). Leverotti was a pupil of Westmacott; Deville a well-known phrenologist once mocked by Sydney Smith and Tom Moore (see Blake).

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Profile to left.

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Given by Joseph W. Corfield 1880.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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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