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This austere, ruminative and intense image of one of the great explorers of Victorian England captures his slightly brutal character very effectively. The artist Frederic Leighton met Burton in 1869 while they were taking a cure at Vichy, and on 26 April 1972 Burton began sitting for his portrait.
Sir Richard Francis Burton. (1821-1890), Explorer and writer. Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 10 portraits. Explorer, linguist and writer who personified the Victorian view that empire was analogous to adventure. Burton daringly undertook the holy pilgrimage to Mecca in 1853 which as a non-Muslim European, he did undercover
According to the Athenaeum, it was ‘a fine and very masculine portrait of Captain R. Burton, seated, little more than a bust, the head nearly in profile’, while to the Illustrated London News it had ‘a strength of character and impasto that the artist has not accustomed us to look for’.
Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS ( / ˈbɜːrtən /; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, [1] and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.
Richard Burton Picture Gallery. Portraits and Photographs of Richard Burton. The Complete Works of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, including his journal articles, together with the standard biographies, numerous portraits, images and critical commentary. Supplemented by the Complete Works of Isabel Burton, and John Hanning Speke.
The Complete Works of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, including his journal articles, together with the standard biographies, numerous portraits, images and critical commentary. Supplemented by the Complete Works of Isabel Burton, and John Hanning Speke.
Richard Francis Burton (Torquay, Inglaterra, 19 de marzo de 1821 – Trieste, Imperio Austrohúngaro, 20 de octubre de 1890) fue un cónsul británico, explorador, traductor y orientalista, aunque él se consideraba a sí mismo fundamentalmente un antropólogo y cultivó ocasionalmente la poesía.
