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Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt

(1833-1911), Solicitor

Sitter in 12 portraits
Educated at University College, London. In 1850 he was articled to his father, James Graham Lewis of Lewis & Lewis, one of the best-known firms of solicitors in London. George was admitted as a solicitor in 1856 and was later made partner. He drew public attention to himself by his interrogation in the Charles Bravo poisoning case in 1876, and from that time was connected with many controversial criminal cases. He became the solicitor of choice for many in society as his advice and mediation helped most of his clients avoid notoriety. For example, in 1893 Oscar Wilde engaged him to represent Lord Alfred Douglas; he paid a blackmailer to recover an incriminating letter thus avoiding a scandal.

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'The Doubtful Card', by Sydney Prior Hall - NPG 2250

'The Doubtful Card'

by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 2 March 1889
NPG 2250

Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt, by Sydney Prior Hall - NPG 2258

Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt

by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 2 March 1889
NPG 2258

Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt, by Walery, published by  Sampson Low & Co - NPG Ax9144

Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt

by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published August 1888
NPG Ax9144

The Alma-Tadema Banquet, by Fradelle & Young - NPG x19022

The Alma-Tadema Banquet

by Fradelle & Young
carbon print, 4 November 1899
NPG x19022

Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 135.'), by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG D43760

Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt ('Men of the Day. No. 135.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 September 1876
NPG D43760

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Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt

by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published August 1888
NPG x9145

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Vanity Fair Panel no. 6

by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, and Carlo Pellegrini, and Alfred Thompson (Atn), and Sir Leslie Ward, and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Adriano Cecioni
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1869-1886
NPG D39296

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