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Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff

Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) (1839-1889)

Price
£4,500
Signed
Signed
Inscribed 'Drummond Wolf' and dated '5 Sept 74' on reverse
Medium
Watercolour
Dimensions
12 x 7 inches
Illustrated
Vanity Fair, 5 September 1874, Statesmen no 184, 'Consular Chaplains'
Exhibited
The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1871-2022', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November-December 2022, no 31

At the time of his appearance in Vanity Fair, Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff (1830-1908) had just become MP for Christchurch. He served in this role until 1880, when he became MP for Portsmouth. In 1885, he was sent to Constantinople and Egypt to negotiate as part of the Eastern Question and would serve as the British high commissioner in Egypt from 1885 to 1887.

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