Sujet
Mr. Smythe
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Mr. Smythe, 1844. Portrait of British MP George Smythe. 'We are far from saying that Mr. Smythe is an unruly or ill-conducted man - quite the contrary; he appears to be, and we have no doubt he is, a very amiable and well disposed young gentleman; but such is the tyrant custom of society, that even this refined, and educated, and humanized specimen of humanity is obliged to assume the aspect of an ogre, and appear willing to imbrue his hands in the blood of a fellow man, whilst, with his natural dispositions, he would risk his life to save the worthless existence of a hound or horse....Mr. Smythe is above the common height, but slightly built, and having all the easy gracefulness of an accomplished gentleman. His age, we should say, is somewhere about thirty, although perhaps he looks younger. He is the eldest son of Viscount Strangford, and was elected for the borough of Canterbury in the year 1840, on the retirement of Lord Albert Conyngham'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.
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HRM20B02_394
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51,3Mo (2,8Mo) / 30,6cm x 42,0cm / 3613 x 4960 (300dpi)