Title

Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C.', c1899.

Caption

'Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C.', c1899. Portrait of British barrister and politician Sir Edward George Clarke(1841-1931), Solicitor-General in the Conservative government of 1886-1892. Clarke represented Oscar Wilde in his disastrous prosecution of the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, and he also represented the plaintiff in the 'baccarat case', in which he cross-examined the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII). From "Our Conservative and Unionist Statesmen", Volume II. [Newman, Graham & Co, London, c1899]

Date

1899

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F11_368

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

112,2Mb (3,5Mb) / 18,3in x 23,8in / 5500 x 7131 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph portrait SIDE VIEW people male job man men politics law guy occupation British profile century Britain profession lawyer B&W MONOCHROME politician Conservative 19th century black & white black and white B W politicians nineteenth century statesman The Print Collector Conservative party solicitor-general Tory photograph portrait Edward Oscar Wilde Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde Clarke Edward George Bassano Ltd Edward Clarke Edward George Clarke Sir Edward George Clarke Oscar