Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

George Borrow (1803-1881), Philologist and writer

Author; toured through Europe studying languages; agent for British and Foreign Bible Society; published several books and translations, including the famous Bible in Spain, 1843.


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.