Sujet

The Speaker of the House of Commons' Levee, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Speaker of the House of Commons' Levee, [London], 1857. 'The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his last Parliamantary full-dress dinner on Saturday evening, the 14th of March, at his mansion in Eaton-square...his farewell Levee...was attended by nearly every member now in London, some hon. members having come hack from their constituencies on purpose to pay this last tribute of respect to the right hon. gentleman'. Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley, served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_339

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NA

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,9Mo (5,0Mo) / 48,3cm x 33,1cm / 5702 x 3915 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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