'Sir Edward Clarke, ', c1899. Creator: Bassano Ltd.

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'Sir Edward Clarke, ', c1899. Portrait of British barrister and politician Sir Edward George Clarke(1841-1931), Solicitor-General in the Conservative government of 1886-1892. Clarke represented Oscar Wilde in his disastrous prosecution of the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, and he also represented the plaintiff in the 'baccarat case', in which he cross-examined the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII). From "Our Conservative and Unionist Statesmen", Volume II. [Newman, Graham & Co, London, c1899]

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