Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802-1880) judge and politician

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

Thomas Lewis Atkinson was a line and mezzotint engraver, based in London. He was a pupil of the well-known mezzotint engraver Samuel Cousins (1801-1887). Atkinson exhibited 41 works at the Royal Academy between 1857 and 1889. He mainly engraved portraits and sentimental subjects after works by contemporary artists, such as John Everett Millais and George Richmond.

People

Sir Alexander James Edmund, 12th Baronet Cockburn (1802 - 1880)

Places

Subjects

quill, ink pot/ink stand, book, male portrait, legal costume, wig, Solicitor General, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Attorney General, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Member of Parliament

Materials & Techniques

mezzotint

Artist

Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817 - 1889/90)

Title

Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802-1880) judge and politician

Date

7 July 1871

Medium

Mezzotint

Acquisition

Purchased from Mrs Dorothy Lane, February 1958

GAC number

4496