Live Auction 5879Victorian & Traditionalist Art
Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A. (1803-1878)
Lot 803

Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A. (1803-1878)

Portrait of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart. MP (1806-1863), half-length

Closed25 February 2009

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GBP 1,875

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Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A. (1803-1878)
Portrait of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart. MP (1806-1863), half-length
with copy inscription 'George Cornewall Lewis/Francis Grant/Pint/1849' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30½ x 25½ in. (76.8 x 64.8 cm.)

Rt Hon. Viscount Harcout; Christie's, London, 11 June 1948, lot 113 (4 gns to Sheerman).

Specialist note

Politician and journalist and writer, Sir George Cornewall Lewis served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Palmerston's government, later becoming Home Secretary and finally Secretary of State for War.