Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) (1839-1889)Biblio.com
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187419771874. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm sheet. 'Books'. Sir Antonio Panizzi 1797-1879 better known as Anthony Panizzi was a naturalized British librarian of Italian birth. Panizzi held posts at the British Museum Library first Assistant Librarian 1831-37 then Keeper of Printed Books 1837-56 and finally Principal Librarian 1856-66. For his services as a librarian in 1869 he was knighted by Queen Victoria.<br /> The British Museum library was in fact the national library of the United Kingdom in all but name; during Panizzi's tenure as Keeper of Printed Books its holdings increased from 235000 to 540000 volumes making it the largest library in the world at the time. Its famous circular Reading Room was designed and built by architect Sydney Smirke from a sketch drawn by Panizzi. Accompanied by original descriptive text. One small mark in the image. unknown
187419551874. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm sheet. Vanity Fair portrait of Alfred 1844-1900 the second son. He was known as the Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the German Empire.In 1867 as Captain of HMS Galatea he visited Australia where an assasination attempt was made on his life by Henry James O'Farrell. CONDITION : A few tiny specks in the image and margins. Soft light crease across top left corner. unknown
187414131874. Chromolithograph. 395mm by 275mm sheet. Charlie'<br /> Vanity Fair portrait of Charles Robert Carrington 1843-1928. Lord Carrington was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1885. He arrived in Sydney on 11 December to find the colony in the grip of drought economic recession and political crisis; he left in 1890 after the maritime strike had opened a phase of new industrial conflict. Throughout Carrington proved an able and tactful governor. Some very faint spotting at hte very top of the sheet. unknown
1887931887. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm sheet. Vanity Fair legal portrait of Sir Charles Parker Butt.<br /> Son of a parson. Journalist. Called to the Bar in 1854. Became MP for Southampton Hants.Accompanied by original descriptive text. unknown
187928921879. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 245mm sheet. 'Ancient Painting'. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. unknown
