George Eliot at 30

George Eliot (Mary Ann Cross (née Evans))

François D'Albert Durade (1804-86), replica

1849

Oil on canvas

13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. (343 mm x 267 mm)

© National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 1405)

Purchased, 1905

At this time Eliot was staying with the Swiss artist d'Albert-Durade (1804-86) in Geneva, while getting over her father's death (see Ashton 6).

Text by Jacqueline Banerjee

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