Percy Melville Thornton. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1900.

  • Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922.
Date:
March 22nd 1900
Reference:
822418i
Part of:
Vanity fair (London, England : 1868)
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Description

Percy Melville Thornton (1841-1918), sportsman, author, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Clapham and Battersea, 1892-1910. Author of The recovered thread of England's foreign policy: an appeal to the electors of England, (1880, 5 editions); Foreign secretaries of the XIX century to 1834, 3 vols. (1881-1883); Harrow School and its surroundings (1883); The Brunswick accession (1887); The Stuart dynasty (1890); and Some things we have remembered: Samuel Thornton, admiral, 1797-1859 (1912). Portrayed aged 58 (if birthdate in Who's who was correct as 29 December 1841) with prematurely aged appearance and a stoop

Publication/Creation

[London] : Vanity fair, March 22nd 1900 ([London] : Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 33.9 x 20.3 cm

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"Clapham". Spy. Vanity fair.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 822418i

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