Portrait of Frederick Augustus Abel (1827-1902) Size:XL: 100 x 70cm 30th September 1967

30th September 1967

'The C-r-l-e Column'

Original is oil on canvas 96x72

The remains of Fleet Prison showing advertisements on boards

Portrait of Frederick Augustus Abel (1827-1902) Size:XL: 100 x 70cm 30th September 1967Full length seated studio portrait of F A Abel, looking to the right as viewed. Abel is presented at a table seated on a Gothic revival chair. His left hand rests on an open book with other volumes bookended on the table. A wastepaper basket can be seen under the table and a small stool behind the sitter. Abel wears a dark suit and has prominent side whiskers. Printed below the image: 'MAULL & Co. LONDON'. The reverse has various inscriptions