Valrico, FL
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This portrait of Colonel Sir Frederick Winn Knight KCB (1812-1897) has a puzzling title... unless one is familiar enough with … Read more This portrait of Colonel Sir Frederick Winn Knight KCB (1812-1897) has a puzzling title... unless one is familiar enough with English law to know that The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act was an Act of the Parliament passed in 1907, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister, which had previously been forbidden. Knight was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1885. Here he seems to be mourning his own wife, perhaps, while casting an eye towards her sister, perhaps? His chromolithograph portrait was rendered by the most famous Vanity Fair artist, Sir Matthew Leslie Ward, aka "Spy". Matted in a 16" x 20" pH neutral mat for ease of framing in a readymade frame, this print is in excellent condition as pictured. See less
- Dimensions
- 16ʺW × 0.1ʺD × 20ʺH
- Styles
- Realism
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Art Subjects
- Portrait
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gray
- Condition Notes
- In excellent condition with a few tears to the outer edges, as pictured. In excellent condition with a few tears to the outer edges, as pictured. less
Valrico, FL
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