Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, writer, soldier and diplomat Size:XL: 120 x 100cm Obsessed with passing the throne

Obsessed with passing the throne on to a male heir

A man sleeping on Blackfriars Bridge

but now the Party Leader in opposition

Two figures showing portions of the human dura mater

Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, writer, soldier and diplomat Size:XL: 120 x 100cm Obsessed with passing the throneCaptain Richard Burton, British explorer, writer, soldier and diplomat, 1876. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (London, 1876 1883).