Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Bt
(1845-1937), Jurist and historianSitter in 13 portraits
Sir Frederick Pollock was legal scholar best known for his History of English Law before Edward I, written with F.W. Maitland, and his lifelong correspondence with US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Pollock trained in the law and was called to the Bar in 1871. He taught law at Oxford University from 1883 until 1903. Pollock was a founder and the first editor (1885-1919) of the Law Quarterly Review and edited the Law Reports (1895-1935). Three of his textbooks remained in use for many years: Principles of Contract (1876), Digest of the Law of Partnership (1877) and The Law of Torts (1887).
Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Bt; Harry Furniss
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3599
by Reginald Grenville Eves
oil on canvas, circa 1926
NPG 3835
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1917
NPG x159690
by Lafayette
bromide print, 11 February 1928
NPG x47283
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1936
NPG x159691
by William Rothenstein
lithograph, 1897
NPG D40299
by William Rothenstein
lithograph, 1897
NPG D20934
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x20755
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 11 February 1928
NPG x42342
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 11 February 1928
NPG x42343
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 11 February 1928
NPG x42344
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 17 March 1930
NPG x157773
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 17 March 1930
NPG x157774
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