Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
John Doran (1807-1878), Writer and literary editor
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Miscellaneous writer; of Irish origin; employed as a tutor to various aristocrats; contributed essays and translations to various journals; editor of Church and State Gazette, 1841; regular contributor to the Athenaeum; published a vast number of works devoted to a wide range of literary, historical, theatrical, and anecdotal subjects.
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.