Vanity Fair
General Portraits
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James Brindley Engineer 1832
Bishop William Smyth or Smith 1835
Cardinal Allen 1835
William Roscoe 1832
Sir Robert Peel 1834
Queen Anne 1744
Sir Henry Chauncy 1826
Henry Cowper 1830
10x16 cm
SIR ROBERT PEEL. BAR.T
Robert Peel
Painted by Sir Tho.s Lawrence, P.R.A. | Engraved by H. Robinson.
FISHER, SON & CO. LONDON, 1834.
Steel line & stipple engraving by Henry Robinson (fl.1827-1872) after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet (1750-1830), British politician and industrialist and one of the early textile manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution. Father of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) statesman, Prime Minister and founder of the Metropolitan Police Service and known as the father of modern British Policing.
Henry Robinson (fl.1827-1872) was a prolific engraver specialising in portraits and annuals. He is often confused with portrait engraver John Henry Robinson (1796-1871), but signs his work, as here, H. Robinson.
Sir Thomas Lawrence PFA FRS (1769-1830) was a well known and fine English portrait painter and fourth president of the Royal Academy.
Fine hand coloured engraving. Staining to paper edges well away from the printed area.
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