Earl of Durham, Half-Length, in cloak, by Charles Edward Wagstaff [1808-1850].
After SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE [1769-1830] British Artist.

Mezzotint, Proof before Publisher's imprint,

John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840), Governor-General of Canada, Ambassador to Russia. In 1837, he became Governor in Chief of British North America and was sent to Canada to investigate rebellions there. His report recommended the union of Lower and Upper Canada as a step to a union of all the British North American provinces.