Portrait of Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Portrait of Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Artist	Henry William Pickersgill
Year	1831
Type	Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions	91.4 cm× 71.5 cm(36.0 in× 28.1 in)
Location	National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Edward Bulwer-Lytton is an 1831 portrait painting by the British artist Henry William Pickersgill. It depicts the British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton. ^[1] Bulwer-Lytton had made his name during the late Regency era with his novel Pelham . He went on to be a popular writer of historical novels, regarded as a prominent rival of Charles Dickens, and a politician. ^[2]

The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1831 at Somerset House. It is today in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1900. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Ormond p.285
2. The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature p.308
3. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw04079/Edward-George-Earle-Lytton-Bulwer-Lytton-1st-Baron-Lytton?
4. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/edward-george-earle-lytton-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton-157588

Bibliography

• Christensen, Allan Conrad (ed.) The Subverting Vision of Bulwer Lytton: Bicentenary Reflections. University of Delaware Press, 2004.
• Kastan, David Scott (ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Ormond, Richard. Early Victorian Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1974.