National Portrait Gallery, The (page 1/2)

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Victorian floral border from title page

The title page of “National Portrait Gallery” is surrounded by this ornate and intricate floral border. The border contains four inset designs: the three lions of England, the rampant lion (i.e. sideways-facing on one leg) of Scotland, three feathers in a crown, representing Wales, and [...] [more...] [$]

Frontispiece: The Right Hon. Lord Penzance.

A colour portrait of Mr. James Plaisted Wilde, the fourth son of Edward Archer Wilde, Esq., born in 1816. He became Judge of the Court of Probate and Judge Ordinary of the Divorce Court in 1863; he was made Baron Penzance of Penzance, in Cornwall, in 1869. In the nineteenth century, Penzance was associated with the Public [...] [more...] [$]

Portrait of Professer Henry Fawcett, M.P.

Henry Fawcett was a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party, born in 1833 near Salisbury. He was struck blind in a hunting accident in 1858, and in 1864 was elected Member of Parliament for Brighton, after a [...] [more...] [$]

Front Cover, National Portrait Gallery

The front cover of this thinnish volume is red, with a black Victorian floral border and ornate gold lettering. [$]

Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol

Charles John Ellicott was born in 1819 in Whitwell, between Stamford and Oakham in Rutland, and died in Kent in 1905. As a bishop he was a supporter of the temperance movement in England. [more...] [$]