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Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

George Borrow (1803-1881), Philologist and writer

Portraits in Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

George Borrow

by John Thomas Borrow
circa 1821-1824
NPG 1651

George Borrow

replica by Henry Wyndham Phillips
1843-1868, based on a work of 1843
NPG 1841

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Untitled, c.1973 (Alex Chilton) by William Eggleston © Eggleston Artistic Trust

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