Every generation has one: cocky, powerful, brutally effective. They appear on everyone's "A" list for solicitors. Sir George Lewis was at the top of everyone's "dream team". He was the most preeminent solicitor in London and was Sargent's solicitor.
George's second wife was Lady Lewis (nee Elizabeth Eberstadt) whom John painted in 1892.
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Lady Lewis (nee Elizabeth Eberstadt) 1892 |
Edward Coley Burne-Jones painted Lewis's daughter's:
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Portrait of Katie Lewis 1886 |
Portrait of Gertie Lewis, half-length c. 1884 |
Lewis served as Secretary for War in the 1860's. I'm finding references to the Royal family and many prominent people in the arts such as Sir Henry Irving who ran the Royal Lyceum Theatre.
Arthur C. Doyle used Sir George Lewis, in a cameo role for his story "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes."
Offered but not sold Sothebys; 5/22/1996; Lot 29; estimated $30,000-$40,000
Dated by Charles Merrill Mount
From: Wendy & Gordon Hawksley
gw @ whawksley. fsnet.co. uk
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003
Catalogue of the papers of Elizabeth, Lady Lewis (1844-1931) and the Lewis
family, 1849-1982 @ University of Oxford, Bodleian Library
FUCHS (Emile) 1866-1929
Portrait by J.S. Sargent, n.d.
Dep. c. 846, fol. 129
RUMFORD (R. Kennerley) 1870-1957
Portrait by J.S. Sargent, n.d.
Dep. c. 846, fol. 25
VICTORIA Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901
Caricature ["mug"?] by J.S. Sargent, n.d.
Dep. c. 846, fol. 59
SARGENT (John Singer) 1856-1925
Drawings, 1899, n.d., and cutting sent to Katherine Lewis by
Dep. c. 846, fols. 20, 25, 53(?), 59, 110, 129
Letter to Sir George Lewis, 1st Bart., with receipt for portrait, 1906
Dep. c. 839, fols. 61-2
Letters to Elizabeth, Lady Lewis, 1899-1920, n.d.
Dep. c. 836, fols. 122-229
Letters to Katherine Lewis, 1897?-1915, n.d.
Dep. c. 843, fols. 216-42
Letters to Sir George Lewis, 2nd Bart., 1896-1914, n.d.
Dep. c. 850, fols. 122-31
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