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The leading architect of his generation, Charles Barry worked mostly in a classical or Italianate style but his major achievement was the Elizabethan-style Houses of Parliament which he designed together with Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. In this portrait Barry is shown with a pair of compasses in his hand, resting his elbow on some partly unrolled architectural plans which lie on top of a Gothic-style cupboard. The plans presumably relate to the new Houses of Parliament which are seen under construction in the background.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Sir Charles Barry

Date

c.1851

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 144.8 x W 111.8 cm

Accession number

1272

Acquisition method

Given by the sitter's son, Bishop A. Barry, 1900

Work type

Painting

National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

John Prescott Knight

1803–1881

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