Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede, The M
Samuel Laurence
…ceased to exhibit at Suffolk Street in 1853, but his works continued to appear at the Royal Academy until 1882, when he sent a drawing of Mrs. Cross ('George Eliot'), made in 1860. Early in life Laurence was brought into close relations with many of the eminent literary men of his time, and was on terms of great…
Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) in 1850
Portrait of George Eliot by Samuel Laurence, c. 1860
Photograph (albumen print) of George Eliot, c. 1865
Blue plaque, Holly Lodge, 31 Wimbledon Park Road, London