Rare Antique Engraving Picture 'The Trial of William Lord Russell'
Artist: Sir George Hayter (English, 1792 – 1871)
Title: The Trial of Lord William Russell
Medium: Antique Steel Engraving on paper, by John Bromley
Year: 1828
Dimensions: Image size 23" x 18", frame size 33" x 27" - approxPublished: Robert Bowyer & M Parkes, Pall Mall (London) 1st January 1828
This is not an modern re-print, but original to 1828. Plus, the frame and glass is from a simular period, with replacement back lining.
The paper engraving appears originally stretched over canvas.
Courtroom scene with Lord Russell on the witness stand at right before the bench, lawyers around a table strewn with papers between them, Lady Russell at a small table taking notes, looks up at her husband; after George Hayter;
Inscription content: Scratched below the image with the title, a dedication from Bromley to 'John Duke and Earl of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, Baron Russell of Cheynies, Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, Baron Russell of Streatham, L.L.D. F.A.S. F.L.S. and Corresponding Member of the Society of Antiquaries of Normandy' 'This engraving, published under is -----I cannot despiser the last part of this sentence, due to fading !
Good condition for age (nearly 200 years !) With some marks, scratches, discolouration, foxing and fading. Plus the oak frame has some wear, chips and scratches etc
William Russell, Lord Russell (29 September 1639 – 21 July 1683), was an English politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who laid the groundwork opposition in the House of Commons of England to the concept of a reign of an openly Catholic King (James II) during the reign of King Charles II but ultimately resulted in his execution for treason, almost two years before King Charles died and James acceded to the throne.
Artist Biography: Sir George Hayter was a notable English painter, specialising in portraits and large works involving in some cases several hundred individual portraits. Queen Victoria appreciated his merits and appointed Hayter her Principal Painter in Ordinary and also awarded him a Knighthood 1841(b London, 17 Dec. 1792; d London, 18 Jan. 1871). The son of a miniaturist, Charles Hayter (1761–1835), he studied at the Royal Academy Schools and in Rome. In 1837 he was appointed portrait and history painter to Queen Victoria, and on the death of Wilkie in 1841 he was made ‘principal painter in ordinary to the queen’. He is known chiefly for his royal portraits and his huge groups (House of Commons, 1833, 1833–43, NPG, London), unexciting in their handling, but composed with dexterity and accomplished grandiloquence.
British museum relevant weblink
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_2010-7081-5846
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1862-0517-193