Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917) British Agent & Consul-General in Egypt

Location

Country: Egypt
City: Cairo
Place: British Embassy

Samuel Melton Fisher was born in London and educated at Dulwich College, in France, at the Royal Academy Schools of Art, London (where he was awarded a gold medal and a travelling scholarship) and also as a pupil of French painter Bonaffé, in Paris. Fisher then spent ten years working in Italy. He exhibited portraits and Italian genre scenes at the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists, the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Grosvenor Gallery, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters between 1878 and 1940, from residences in Venice and London. He was elected a full Royal Academician in 1924. He died in Camberly at the age of 83. His son, Stafani Melton Fisher also became a portrait painter.

People

Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer Baring (1841 - 1917)

Places

Subjects

book, writer, male portrait, moustache, man, 20th century costume, suit, spectacles, necktie, Earl, diplomat, Consul General in Egypt, desk, chair

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

John Singer, (After) Sargent
Samuel Melton Fisher (1860 - 1939)

Title

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917) British Agent & Consul-General in Egypt

Date

1928

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 126.00 cm, width: 87.00 cm

Acquisition

Presented by the Earl of Cromer, 1928

GAC number

0/759