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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan, later Lady Stirling-Maxwell)

1 of 3 portraits by Francis John Williamson

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan, later Lady Stirling-Maxwell), by Francis John Williamson, 1873 -NPG 729 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan, later Lady Stirling-Maxwell)

by Francis John Williamson
1873
21 5/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (550 mm x 240 mm) overall
NPG 729

Inscriptionback to top

Incised on the back of the socle: F. J. WILLIAMSON. Sc./ESHER./1873.

This portraitback to top

A companion to the bust of her husband (see NPG 728, where both busts are discussed). A bronze version, similarly signed and dated, is in Pollok House, Glasgow.

Provenanceback to top

The artist, presented by him, 1884.


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.