Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir George Back (1796-1878), Naval officer and explorer
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
A painting by an unknown artist is in the McCord Museum, McGill University, Canada; a portrait by an unknown artist was exhibited Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, 1891 (39); a drawing by R. Woodman was exhibited RA, 1829 (965), engraved by E. Finden, published J. Murray, 1828 (example in NPG); a woodcut was published ILN, LXXIII (1878), 4; a lithograph by W. D[rummond], was published T. McLean (example in British Museum), for 'Athenaeum Portraits'; a photograph by E. Edwards is reproduced L. Reeve, Men of Eminence, III (1865), facing 45.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.