George Adolphus Storey: Capturing Domestic Emotion in Victorian Portraiture George Adolphus Storey (London 7 January 1834 – 29 July 1919) was an English portrait painter, genre painter and illustrator whose work embodies the spirit of Victorian England—a fascination with family life and a profound sensitivity to human emotion. Born into a wealthy London family, Storey’s artistic journey began with private tutoring before progressing to formal studies in Paris, where he absorbed the stylistic innovations of Impressionism alongside the enduring traditions of academic painting. This dual influe…