Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (1825-1899), 1st Duke of Westminster mb-height 2766 'Gladioli and Roses'

'Gladioli and Roses'

'The brilliancy of Venus [top left of image] was a spectacle which was naturally contemplated as in harmony with the rest of the day

Numerous topical allusions to the careers of both are on the costume

Gladstone appointed him Bishop of Manchester in 1870 A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery

Boys playing cricket in Parliament Hill Fields

Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (1825-1899), 1st Duke of Westminster mb-height 2766 'Gladioli and Roses'Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (1825 1899), 1st Duke of Westminster, 1890. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery, first series, Cassell and Company Limited (London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890).