The Rt Hon. William McEwan MP (1827-1913)
Arthur Marx [photographer]
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
photographic paper and gilt
Measurements
137 mm (H)98 mm (W)191 mm (H)120 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246772
Summary
A cabinet card of a head and shoulders studio portrait. McEwan is looking straight ahead and is wearing a jacker, waistcoat, shirt and pale tie. Signed: Wm McEwan William McEwan was a Scottish Liberal Party Politician, philanthropist and brewer. He married Helen Anderson in 1885, their daughter, Margaret Helen Anderson (1863 - 1942) was a witness at the wedding. Naming his daughter, Margaret, as his sole heir established her in society, made her marriage to the Hon.Ronald Greville (1864 - 1908) acceptable and financed her life long role in society centred at Polesden Lacey and Charles Street, Mayfair.
Marks and inscriptions
Marx / Frankfurt / M (impressed on front, bottom right corner)
Makers and roles
Arthur Marx [photographer], photographer