Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Finish:Rolled Plate showing the 'Draco alter

Plate showing the 'Draco alter ex Raia exsiccate concinnatus' (another dragon fashioned from dried rays)

View of the Tower of London showing the Byward Tower

'Portrait of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia'

The man carries a large basket on his head

by Henry Miles

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Finish:Rolled Plate showing the 'Draco alterRichard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman, c1890. First elected to Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1857, Cross (1823 1914) came to prominence in the General Election of 1868, when standing in South West Lancashire, he defeated Gladstone, then at the height of his popularity. In Disraeli's government of 1874 1880, Cross was appointed Home Secretary, despite having no previous ministerial experience, and as such was responsible