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Edward Scriven (1775 - 1841), engraver
After Alexander Pope (1763 - 1835)
After Alexander Pope (1763 - 1835)
Portrait of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan
Engraving
Museum number: P196
On display: Breakfast Room
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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The Irish politician Henry Grattan (1746-1820) came to London to read law before entering politics. He was the leader of the independent Irish government 1783-1800. Grattan opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain, but later sat as an MP at Westminster from 1805-20.
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