Artist

Joseph Severn

Portrait of Joseph Severn
Portrait of Joseph Severn

English, 1793–1879

Joseph Severn was an English British Romanticism artist. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Joseph Severn was born in London.

Joseph Severn (7 December 1793 – 3 August 1879) was an English portrait and subject painter and a personal friend of the English poet John Keats. He exhibited portraits, Italian genre, literary and biblical subjects, and a selection of his paintings can today be found in some of the most important museums in London, including the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate Britain.

Works by Joseph Severn

Collections represented

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