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Henry Farrer

1798 - 1866

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Picture dealer and restorer.

Slavery connections

No known connections with slavery.

Abolition connections

No known connections with abolition.

National Gallery painting connections

Former owner: NG purchased from Henry Farrer in 1846: NG197.

Donor: presented in 1849: NG217 (now at Tate, N00217).

Bibliography

History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
Checked and not found — Item on publisher's website

C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://www.oxforddnb.com/
Checked and not found — Item on publisher's website

J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/
Checked and not found — Item on publisher's website

UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
Checked and not found — Item on publisher's website

Paintings previously owned by Henry Farrer

A Man with Pansies and a Skull
A Man with Pansies and a Skull
Follower of Jan van Scorel
We don't know who painted this portrait or the sitter’s identity, though he was clearly a man of means. His clothes are rich but sombre – a black or dark grey hat and doublet, and a purple coat lined with grey damask. His white shirt is finely woven and the laces at his neck have gold tips; he we...
Not on display