2-888-672 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

G. Cornewall Lewis Esq., M.P. for Herefordshire, 1850. Portrait from a photograph by Kilburn. 'In 1835, he was placed upon the commission of enquiry into the relief of the poor (on the report of which was founded the Irish Poor-law), and the state of the Church in Ireland; and afterwards drew up an able report on the condition of the Irish in Great Britain'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.