Title

'Lord Burleigh', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

Caption

'Lord Burleigh', 1897. Burghley, wearing spectacles, is reading a document. (Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), was the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I). From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1897

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D54_338

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (2,4Mb) / 13,0in x 14,2in / 3900 x 4256 (300dpi)

Keywords

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