Charkles Bicknell, Esq.

Portrait; three-quarters length seated to right, head turned and looking towards the viewer, hands folded and resting on a book propped in his lap, left elbow resting on a table beside an inkstand and letter addressed 'To the Honble. the Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty'; after Murphy.

c20cm x 14cm - image size.

[1814].


Charles was a high-ranking solicitor, appointed as Solicitor to the Admiralty, Legal Adviser to the Prince of Wales and in partnership with Anthony Spedding in a legal practice in London. His skill at handling some of the awkward situations the Prince of Wales got himself into earned him great praise from many people.