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George Eliot

(1819-1880), Novelist

George Eliot (Mary Ann Cross (née Evans))

Sitter associated with 12 portraits
One of the greatest Victorian novelists and recognised as such in her lifetime. Known by her pen name, Eliot was born Mary Ann Evans. She had strong evangelical sympathies and translated Strauss's Life of Jesus, 1846, and other works. Her great novels include The Mill on the Floss, 1860, Romola, 1862-3, Middlemarch, 1871-2, and Daniel Deronda, 1874-6. Evans challenged Victorian social conventions by living for many years with the writer and critic George Henry Lewes, who was separated but not divorced from his wife, until his death in 1878. In 1880 she married the banker, J. W. Cross.

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George Eliot, replica by François D'Albert Durade - NPG 1405

George Eliot

replica by François D'Albert Durade
oil on canvas, 1850-1886, based on a work of 1850
NPG 1405

George Eliot, by Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG 669

George Eliot

by Sir Frederic William Burton
chalk, 1865
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 669

George Eliot, by Laura Theresa (née Epps), Lady Alma-Tadema - NPG 2211

George Eliot

by Laura Theresa (née Epps), Lady Alma-Tadema
pencil, circa 1877
NPG 2211

George Eliot, by Laura Theresa (née Epps), Lady Alma-Tadema - NPG 1758

George Eliot

by Laura Theresa (née Epps), Lady Alma-Tadema
pencil, 1877
NPG 1758

George Eliot, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after  Mayall - NPG x9049

George Eliot

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Mayall
albumen print, circa 1881 (1858)
NPG x9049

George Eliot, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after  Mayall - NPG x9050

George Eliot

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Mayall
albumen cabinet card, circa 1881 (1858)
NPG x9050

George Eliot, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after  Mayall - NPG x126939

George Eliot

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Mayall
sepia postcard print, copied 1870s (1858)
NPG x126939

George Eliot, by Paul Adolphe Rajon, after  Sir Frederic William Burton - NPG D9729

George Eliot

by Paul Adolphe Rajon, after Sir Frederic William Burton
etching, (1865)
NPG D9729

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