The late Mr. Wynn Ellis, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Mayall, of British businessman, politician and art collector Wynne Ellis who made '...magnificent gift of pictures to the National Gallery and large bequests to charitable [He] created the finest silk business in culminated in the large establishment of John Howell and Co., [He] became an , and sat in the House of Commons for eighteen Ellis had a vigorous intellect, was a fluent talker, and, it may be added, a patient listener - not a common characteristic of good talkers. He w
The late Mr. Wynn Ellis, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Mayall, of British businessman, politician and art collector Wynne Ellis who made '...magnificent gift of pictures to the National Gallery and large bequests to charitable [He] created the finest silk business in culminated in the large establishment of John Howell and Co., [He] became an , and sat in the House of Commons for eighteen Ellis had a vigorous intellect, was a fluent talker, and, it may be added, a patient listener - not a common characteristic of good talkers. He was a man of strong will and determined character - unostentatious, cautious, moderate, and simple and inexpensive in his habits, and a strict disciplinarian in '. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.
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