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Mr Cavan, by Richard James Lane, after Josiah Gilbert - NPG D22006

Mr Cavan

by Richard James Lane, after Josiah Gilbert
lithograph, 1847 (1845)
NPG D22006

Mr Cavan, by Richard James Lane, after Josiah Gilbert - NPG D22528

Mr Cavan

by Richard James Lane, after Josiah Gilbert
lithograph, 1847 (1845)
NPG D22528

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David Lewis

18 June 2022, 16:51

This could be a portrait of James Cavan (1771-1859), a wealthy West Indies merchant, shipowner and banker. From the early 1830s to the late 1850s he was the principal partner at Cavan Bros, City of London merchants. He was a founder member of the Colonial Bank and the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. At the time of this portrait Cavan was living at 8 Park Crescent, Regent's Park.