The Right Honourable Lord John Russell
The Right Honourable Lord John Russell, mezzotint portrait, 1846, by M. Parkes, Lord John Russell three-quarter length standing directed to right, left hand on hip, leaning slightly to left with his right hand on a sheaf of papers beside inkstand, letters and books on a table beside him, 1000 x 580 mm, contained in contemporary frame with gilt slip. Good very fine, a striking proof example of this print. £495.00
After Robert Bowyer engraved by John George Murray, republished by Mary Parkes, July 1846.
The document which he carries is "A Bill to Amend the Representation of the People." which relates to Reform Bill in 1831.
Lord John Russell became Prime Minister in June 1846 and this was a reissue of the 1831 engraving to commemorate his new position.
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