Portraits.- English School (19th century) George Canning, a portrait of the British statesman and Tory politician who served as Prime Minister for the final four months of his life, brush and ink, monochrome wash, inscribed in pen and brown ink with indistinct pencil attribution in the lower right that reads 'org. drawing/ [?]Harding', on thin card with tissue overlay, sheet 220 x 170 mm. (8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in), some surface dirt and light browning, unframed, [circa 1820s or later]; together with a small group of 9 further portraits by various hands, including Frederick William Robertson (1816-1853), known as "Robertson of Brighton", a profile portrait with pencil annotation verso suggesting the sitter is possibly the English actor and theatre manager Samuel Phelps (1804-1878), and others of anonymous sitters, also includes two silhouette portraits, 260 x 200 mm. (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in) and smaller, some occasional surface dirt, browning, and minor abrasions, all unframed, [early to mid-19th century] (12)
Portraits.- English School (19th century) George Canning, a portrait of the British statesman and Tory politician who served as Prime Minister for the final four months of his life, brush and ink, monochrome wash, inscribed in pen and brown ink with indistinct pencil attribution in the lower right that reads 'org. drawing/ [?]Harding', on thin card with tissue overlay, sheet 220 x 170 mm. (8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in), some surface dirt and light browning, unframed, [circa 1820s or later]; together with a small group of 9 further portraits by various hands, including Frederick William Robertson (1816-1853), known as "Robertson of Brighton", a profile portrait with pencil annotation verso suggesting the sitter is possibly the English actor and theatre manager Samuel Phelps (1804-1878), and others of anonymous sitters, also includes two silhouette portraits, 260 x 200 mm. (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in) and smaller, some occasional surface dirt, browning, and minor abrasions, all unframed, [early to mid-19th century] (12)
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