2-704-634 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Pathfinders - Sir Samuel Romilly', c1806-1810, (1922). Portrait of British legal reformer Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818). Romilly devoted himself to the lessening of the severity of English criminal law, particularly the campaign for the abolition of capital punishment for relatively minor felonies such as soldiers and sailors begging without a permit. Painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London. From "Bibby's Annual 1922", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, London, 1922]