The Right Reverend, the Honourable Adelbert John Robert Anson (1840-1909) Bishop of Qu’Appelle, Canada
Annie Howard (d.1915)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1909
Materials
Watercolour on ivory
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271151
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, The Right Reverend, the Honourable Adelbert John Robert Anson (1840-1909) Bishop of Qu’Appelle, Canada, by Annie Howard (d.1915). 1909. Rectangular. Head and shoulders portrait of a mature man, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, dressed in canonicals (white surplice, black cope, crimson hood, and crucifix set with amethysts. Hazel eyes, grey hair and bushy beard, aged 50 to 55. Pale brownish background. Copied by Annie Howard in 1909 from a photograph by Elliott & Fry.
Marks and inscriptions
Adelbert J.R. Anson, D.D. Canon of Lichfield and sometime First Bishop of Zu'Appelle. Born 1840 and died 1909
Makers and roles
Annie Howard (d.1915), artist