Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, KCB, FRS, DCL, (1797-1879)
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
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 921759
Summary
Drawing, pencil and chalk on paper, Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, KCB, FRS, DCL, (1797-1879) by Geoge Richmond (1809-1896). Son of Charles Shaw-Lefevre and Helen Lefevre. He was MP for Petersfield and became Under Secretary for the Colonies and Clerk of the Parliaments. He married Rachel Emily Wright. 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 Joseph Slater (London 1782- Brighton 1837), 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."