Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

George Payne (1803-1878), Patron of the turf

Race-horse owner; inherited three large fortunes which were spent on racing and inveterate gambling; sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1826; master of hounds.


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.