Two portraits of George Finlay

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/GF/B/08/002
Dimensions 21 x 29 cm
Donor/Creator Finlay, George
Scope and Content One portrait of George Finlay with medals by Numa Blanc. This portrait reappears pasted into FIN/GF/A/20.
Notes Greece was one of the last European countries to adopt the newer Gregorian calendar. For most of the nineteenth century, the Julian calendar was 12 days behind the Gregorian. British correspondents in the Finlay Collection tend to use the newer calendar. Letters with two dates 12 days apart, eg. 24 April / 6 May 1828, refer to both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.