This is a copy by Charles-Lucien-Louis Muller of the portrait of the archbishop painted by George Richmond in 1879 for Lambeth Palace. Archibald Campbell Tait was brought up as a Presbyterian and educated in Scotland. He became a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, was ordained in 1836 and appointed Headmaster of Rugby school in 1842. He was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1869 and Queen Victoria held him in the highest regard. Signed and dated: Robert A. Muller / after / Geo. Richmond / p ... 1879.