Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

John Galt (1779-1839), Novelist

Novelist; engaged in commerce; travelled to continent with Byron, 1809, and published an account of his travels; published numerous biographies and novels, and an autobiography.


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.