Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860), Novelist and historical writer

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.