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The palette and brushes resting beside this subject identify him as an artist. Worsdale began as a servant to Sir Godfrey Kneller, later became his apprentice and copyist, and went on to work as a portrait painter and actor. He was known as a bon vivant, and for conducting numerous love affairs.
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Title: The Aberdeen Cabinet Deciding upon the Expedition to the Crimea in 1854
Engraver:
William Walker (British (born Scotland), Edinbugh 1791–1867)
Artist:
After Sir John Gilbert (British, London 1817–1897 London)
Publisher:
William Walker (British, Thirsk, North Yorkshire 1729–1793 London)
Sitter:
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (British, 1800–1885)
Sitter:
Sir William Molesworth (British, London 1810–1855 London)
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Sir James Robert George Graham (British, 1792–1861)
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George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
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Rt. Hon. William Ewart Gladstone
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George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (British, 1800–1870)
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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (British, 1780–1863)
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (British, Westminster 1792–1878 Petersham)
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Granville George Levenson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (British, 1815–1891)
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1784–1860 London)
Sitter:
Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron Cranworth (British, 1790–1868)
Sitter:
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet (British, 1799–1882)
Sitter:
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (British, 1810–1861)
Sitter:
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle (British, 1811–1864)
Date: June 4, 1857
Medium: Mixed method engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 17 11/16 × 29 15/16 in. (45 × 76 cm)
Sheet: 24 7/16 × 31 7/16 in. (62 × 79.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Object Number: 62.600.506
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