The Honourable Charles Augustus Murray, H.B.M's agent and Consul General in Egypt &c. &c.
Painted by Willes Maddox. Engraved by Geo. Zobel.
London Published July 1st. 1853, By Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14, Pall Mall East. _ Publishers To Her Majesty.
Mezzotint. 500 x 400mm (19¾ x 15¾"0.
Sir Charles Augustus Murray, 1806 - 1895, travelled in America in the 1830s, joining a tribe of wandering Pawnees for some months. He fell in love with a young woman, living near Niagara, whose wealthy father was against their relationship. Murray declared his love obliquely in a romantic novel, which he published in 1844 and married Elsie Wadsworth after her father's death in 1849. In 1846, he was appointed Consul-general for Egypt.
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London Published July 1st. 1853, By Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14, Pall Mall East. _ Publishers To Her Majesty.
Mezzotint. 500 x 400mm (19¾ x 15¾"0.
Sir Charles Augustus Murray, 1806 - 1895, travelled in America in the 1830s, joining a tribe of wandering Pawnees for some months. He fell in love with a young woman, living near Niagara, whose wealthy father was against their relationship. Murray declared his love obliquely in a romantic novel, which he published in 1844 and married Elsie Wadsworth after her father's death in 1849. In 1846, he was appointed Consul-general for Egypt.
[Ref: 4004] £320.00