Description

[001964] [Gladstone, William Ewart]. Cabinet Card of Gladstone Resting After Cutting Wood at Hawarden. Bolton and Manchester: W. Currey. 1877. First Edition. 16mo. Unbound. Cabinet Card. Good+. Photographic cabinet card of Gladstone at his estate resting after cutting wood, approximately 110mm x 165mm in size, dated 1877.

Minor rubbing to corners, otherwise quite bright and clean, reverse with printed details of W.[illiam] Currey and initialled and dated in ink by someone to head (dated 1878).

A more informal portrait of Gladstone at Hawarden, the National Portrait Gallery has the same image but in a slightly smaller format