Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning (1812-1862), Governor-General and first viceroy of India
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Governor-general of India; third son of the statesman, George Canning; governor-general of India, 1856-62, during the Mutiny and other troubles; showed great firmness, and instituted several notable reforms.
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.