Self-Portrait

Frederic William Burton

c. 1846

Pencil on paper

20 ⅛ x 14 ⅛ (51.2 x 35.9 cm)

National Gallery of Ireland NGI.2358. accession no. NGI.2400,0

Photograph © National Gallery of Ireland.”

This early self-portrait as well as the later oil portrait of 1863 by Henry Tamworth Wells show Burton to have been a handsome distinguished looking man. Georgiana Burne-Jones in her reminiscences of her husband for the year 1865 writes: “This mention of Mr. Burton reminds me in those days we thought he much resembled Garibaldi in appearance” (Vol. I, 288). This self-portrait also exemplifies Burton’s skill as a draughtsman in graphite.

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