The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, DCL, PC, (1809-1898)
George Richmond RA (Brompton 1809 – London 1896)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pencil and chalk on paper
Measurements
9.00 x 7.50 in
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 921757
Summary
Drawing, pencil and chalk on paper, The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, DCL, PC, (1809-1898) by George Richmond (1809-1896). Prime Minister; son of Sir John Gladstone; married Catherine Glynne; Leader of the Liberal Party. From a set of portrait drawings of members of the Grillion Club, London.
Provenance
Acland
Makers and roles
George Richmond RA (Brompton 1809 – London 1896), artist
References
Killerton House, Devon, 2000 [The National Trust] 2000, p.13. "THE CORRIDOR PICTURES The original Grillion's Club portraits, from which the engravings in the Study were taken, hang here; they include W.E.Gladstone, Lord John Russell, drafter of the 1832 Reform Bill, and Lord Ashley (later Lord Shaftesbury), the originator of the Factory Acts and Ragged Schools."