Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

William Woodfall (1746-1803), Journalist and drama critic

Journalist, celebrated for his parliamentary reporting; edited the London Packet 1772-74 and the Morning Chronicle 1774-89; founded and edited the Diary 1789-93, which first published reports of parliamentary debates the following day.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, 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.