Author: Coïdé (Adriano Cecioni, July 26, 1836 – May 23, 1886) (Lith.) Title: Mr John Pender Mp; Telegraphs. Issue No. 156. (Original Lithograph. )
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches, accompanied by 1 page of letterpress description. Good. Half inch tear at bottom edge, not affecting image. Published in Vanity Fair, 28 October 1871. Sir John Pender KCMG GCMG FSA FRSE (10 September 1816 – 7 July 1896) was a Scottish submarine communications cable pioneer and politician. He was born in the Vale of Leven, Scotland, the son of James Pender and his wife, Marion Mason. He was educated at Glasgow High School. He became a successful merchant in textile fabrics, first in Glasgow, then in Manchester (where he had a warehouse in Peter Street near The Great Northern Warehouse). He lived at Middleton Hall, County Linlithgow, Foots Cray Place, Sidcup, Kent, and Arlington House, 18 Arlington Street London. .
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