Confucius Earl of Cork John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876) was

John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876) was an English painter who specialised in Mediterranean and Oriental scenes

A small table is visible to the left of picture and there is a curtain or drape in the right-hand background

The Speaker's chair is in the foreground on the left

taking over manufacture of the three-wheeled Raleigh delivery van

Confucius Earl of Cork John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876) wasConfucius, ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher, 1922. According to Chinese tradition, Confucius (551 479 BC) was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. His teachings, preserved in the Analects, form the foundation of much of subsequent Chinese speculation on the education and comportment of the ideal man. Frontispiece of Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap &