Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860), Novelist and historical writer
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Novelist and historical writer; historiographer royal to William IV; British consul in Massachusetts, 1850-2, and elsewhere; published popular historical works, historical novels and poems.
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.