Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
(1810-1895), Soldier, diplomat and AssyriologistSitter in 11 portraits
Assyriologist; entered the East India Company's military service, where he acquired a knowledge of oriental languages and later of the ancient system of writing, cuneiform, enabling him to decipher important inscriptions; M.P. 1858-9, 1865-8; president of the Royal Asiatic Society 1878-81.
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Richard Cockle Lucas
wax medallion, 1850
NPG 1714
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 12 July 1873
NPG 4737
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Ernest Edwards
albumen print, published 1864
NPG x12791
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x46486
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1882
NPG Ax17660
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG Ax27708
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mezzotint, published 9 May 1860 (1850)
NPG D39216
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mezzotint, published 9 May 1860 (1850)
NPG D39217
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt ('Statesmen, No. 147. "Our Eastern Policy."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 July 1873
NPG D43596
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax38689
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bt
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1882
NPG x12792
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