François D’Albert Durade (2.12.1804 - 27.6.1886): An Overlooked Influence

Abstract

Francois D'Albert Durade (1804-1886) must initially seem a rather eccentric, if not outright bizarre, choice when considering those who were influential in the life of George Eliot. For, apart from the fact that he painted a well-known portrait of her, who has ever heard of him? Even in Geneva...