Lewis Sapio
(1792-1851), Singer and actorSitter associated with 1 portrait
by William Thomas Fry, published by Sherwood & Co, probably after Thomas Charles Wageman
engraving, published 1825
NPG D38605
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Christopher Francis
26 September 2018, 14:29
Louis or Lewis Bernard Michell Sapio, was a singer, who had a career on the London scene, but became a debtor at his death (1851 or 1841?).
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gmZQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA602&lpg=PA602&dq=lewis+bernard+sapio&source=bl&ots=Yf-f_7C_cm&sig=47h6fbs2Yh0I0Tnvr7tGDo4NcR8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwii8YKe3tjdAhUkIcAKHUM9DGUQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=lewis%20bernard%20sapio&f=false
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6929161
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kA9KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=lewis+bernard+sapio&source=bl&ots=DWB9UBkwHY&sig=iKRalhO6PCpmIekjS1lC_uTndo4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwii8YKe3tjdAhUkIcAKHUM9DGUQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=lewis%20bernard%20sapio&f=false
It would appear that he had a brother, Antonio.
Cross-reference portrait in the BM to ascertain which one is sitting?