"So voluble an advocate should become a successful Parliamentarian" - Lord Robert Cecil K.C. M.P. politicans Engraved by John Cleghorn (1784-1873)

Engraved by John Cleghorn (1784-1873) from a design by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and originally produced for Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements

Condition: good - some small tears and folds to edges of margins and slight foxing which would not be visible when mounted and framed

Image size: 555mm x 416mm

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He was Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet between 1874 and 1877 and of the Mediterranean Fleet between 1880 and 1883

"So voluble an advocate should become a successful Parliamentarian" - Lord Robert Cecil K.C. M.P. politicans Engraved by John Cleghorn (1784-1873)Antique Vanity Fair print. Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (14 September 1864 24 November 1958), known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations and a defender of it, whose service to the organisation saw him awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937. Artist: Sir Leslie Ward ("Spy") Publication date: 22nd February 1906