Thomas Cooper Gotch [1854-1931]-Sir William Drake in the Morning Room, 12, Princes Gardens,:-signed and dated 1885 lower right,oil on canvas51 x 61cm, in a contemporary giltwood Victorian Aesthetic frame.* Provenance. Sir William Drake. Lt. Col. Hornsby DrakeChristies 15th/October/1976 Lot 121* Notes Exhibited. The Dudley Gallery in 1885* Notes The work was commissioned by the sitter and painted at 12 Princes Gardens in 1885 for £45.An etching was made of the painting by Miss Armstrong, later to become Mrs Elizabeth Forbes.Sir William Drake (1817-1891) was a lawyer and a politician. He was an ardent member of the Liberal party and was knighted in 1869 at the instigation of Gladstone