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19th Century English School
Portrait of William Ewart Gladstone

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Oil on canvas Image size: 10 x 30 1/4 inches (25.5 x 77 cm) Original gilt Watts frame This is a head and shoulders portrait of William Ewart Gladstone painted after a photograph taken by the London studio Elliott & Fry in March 1879. Elliot & Fry was a photography studio founded in 1863 by Joseph John Elliot and Clarence Edmund Fry. For a century the firm's core business was taking and publishing photographs of the Victorian public and social, artistic, scientific and political luminaries. The photography session with Gladstone was shortly after his first stint as British Prime Minister and just before his second, with him being elected once again in the 1880 general election. The original photograph is now part of the National Portrait Gallery collection. This photograph was then lithographed for 'The Modern Portrait Gallery', published by Cassell and Company, London 1885. A mark on the back of the canvas from the stretcher and panel suppliers Reeves & Sons dates this work between 1879 (after the photograph was taken) and 1886.
  • Creator:
    19th Century English School
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)
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    1 of 1Price: $2,306
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU52412034852
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