Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir George Nicholls (1781-1865), Poor Law reformer and administrator
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Poor law reformer and administrator; served in ships of East India Company; became overseer of poor at Southwell, 1821; involved with various banks and canal companies; one of three poor law commissioners, 1834; examined methods of relief in other countries; administered poor law in Ireland, 1838-42; permanent secretary of poor-law board, 1847.
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.