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

30th September 1967

The remains of Fleet Prison showing advertisements on boards

which proposed giving the Irish authority power to detain persons suspected of treasonable practices

'The C-r-l-e Column'

Original is oil on canvas 96x72

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