FREDERICK RICHARD SAY, R.A. (1805-1860). Portrait of Albert ...

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FREDERICK RICHARD SAY, R.A. (1805-1860). Portrait of Albert Edmund Viscount Boringdon (1843-1905) as a child, inscribed in the artist's hand 'Albert Edmund Viscount Boringdon, pinxt F.Say June 10th 184(8) (?), oil on panel, unframed, 21 3/4 x 17 3/4in.
Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset.
Possibly the work exhibited at the Royal Academy 1848, no 177. As an adult the sitter went on to study at Balliol College, Oxford He later became a Liberal politician, joining under William Gladstone. He later broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal Unionists