george
adolphus storey
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 …
A portrait built from george adolphus storey's own colours
Every 12 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.