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The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS

1814
Henry Meyer (engraver) and T Cadell & W Davies (publisher) after Sir Thomas Lawrence and after William Evans

engraving on paper (sheet: 28.4 cm x 16.9 cm)
The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

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Artist and subject

Sir Thomas Lawrence (age 45 in 1814)

William Evans

Henry Meyer (age 32 in 1814)

T Cadell & W Davies

Rt. Hon. Henry Robert Stewart (age 45 in 1814)

Subject professions

Government and leadership

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