Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) Politician, Diplomat and Archaeologist

Location

Country: Turkey
City: Ankara
Place: British Embassy

The artist of this expertly executed portrait of Sir Austen Henry Layard is yet to be identified. A similar portrait of Layard by Ludwig Johann Passani (1832-1903), dated 1891, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. Layard appears to be slightly younger in this work than in Passani’s version and he was probably in his early seventies when he sat for the painting.

People

Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817 - 1894)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, British School C19th, archaeology, beard, moustache, elderly man, 19th century costume, Knight, diplomat

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

British 19th century unknown

Title

Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) Politician, Diplomat and Archaeologist

Date

c.1890

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 46.00 cm, width: 36.00 cm

Acquisition

Presented by Baron Basile de Lemmerman, November 1952

Inscription

none

GAC number

1974