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![[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752.](jpegs/62769.jpg)
[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752. Ja.s Townsend Esq.r Member for Westloe in Cornwall, chosen Aldermann of Bishopsgte ward, June 23.d 1769. John Sawbridge Esq.r Member for Hithe in Kent, chosen Ald.n of Langbourn Ward, July 1st 1769.
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"). Tears taped.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S.Houston 9.
[Ref: 62769] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"). Tears taped.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S.Houston 9.
[Ref: 62769] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752.](jpegs/27578.jpg)
[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752. Ja.s Townsend Esq.r Member for Westloe in Cornwall, chosen Aldermann of Bishopsgte ward, June 23.d 1769. John Sawbridge Esq.r Member for Hithe in Kent, chosen Ald.n of Langbourn Ward, July 1st 1769.
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"). Narrow margins, slight damage on right; glued to backing sheet.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S.Houston 9.
[Ref: 27578] £360.00
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint. 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"). Narrow margins, slight damage on right; glued to backing sheet.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S.Houston 9.
[Ref: 27578] £360.00
![[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752.](jpegs/63173.jpg)
[The Fox Petition, 1769.] William Beckford Esq.r Member of Parliament for the City of London, chosen Alderman of Billingsgate ward, 1752. Ja.s Townsend Esq.r Member for Westloe in Cornwall, chosen Aldermann of Bishopsgte ward, June 23.d 1769. John Sawbridge Esq.r Member for Hithe in Kent, chosen Ald.n of Langbourn Ward, July 1st 1769.
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint, very fine impression; 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Loss in inscription area.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S. 9.
[Ref: 63173] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Houston del et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Sep.r 29th 1769 by Jn.o Smith No 35 in Cheapside; and Rob.t Sayer No 53 in Fleet Street, London.
Scarce mezzotint, very fine impression; 305 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Loss in inscription area.
Portraits of three important London politicians, all supporters of John Wilkes and all Lord Mayors of London in the 1760s and 1770s. They are shown here preparing their petition against the Paymaster General of the Forces, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, who was believed to have amassed a personal fortune of £400,000 in his eight years as Paymaster. Beckford (then Lord Mayor) holds the petition scroll in his hand, which is opened to the section which refers to Fox as 'the public defaulter of unaccounted millions'. Although he escaped from the charges Fox died an embittered man. Sawbridge, on the right, rests upon a volume of 'Locke on Government'.
C.S. 9.
[Ref: 63173] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Serjeant Glyn, Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex. John Wilkes Esq.r Elected Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex, 29th March 1768. Alderman of the Ward of Faringdon without. The Rev.d John Horne, Minister of New Brentford. Pr. 5.s.
Rich.d Houston inv.t delin. et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 6. 1769, by Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, & J.no Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside, London.
Very rare mezzotint. 305 x 389mm (12 x 15¼"), with wide margins Few small creases.
Group portrait, seated around a table, John Glyn (1722-1779), Serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, to left wearing bands and short wig, right hand on his knee, holding quill in left, John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), radical political writer, opposite him, leaning forward and gesturing as he speaks, and between them John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and satirical writer, especially of "The North Briton", who wears a fur-trimmed cloak and points at papers on the table labelled 'Addresses to County County of Middlesex Constitutional Legal Liberty / General Warrants Seizure of Papers Habeas Corpus Alteration of Records Informations ex Office Close Imprisonment / Treatise on Inclosing Commons Freedom of Elections Trial by Jury Letters to Sr. J. Gibbons and Sir W. B. Proctor', with a folding screen to right and a picture behind of an allegorical female figure holding a scroll of Magna Charta.
CS: 48. Russell: 48.
[Ref: 30871] £490.00
Rich.d Houston inv.t delin. et fecit.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 6. 1769, by Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, & J.no Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside, London.
Very rare mezzotint. 305 x 389mm (12 x 15¼"), with wide margins Few small creases.
Group portrait, seated around a table, John Glyn (1722-1779), Serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, to left wearing bands and short wig, right hand on his knee, holding quill in left, John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), radical political writer, opposite him, leaning forward and gesturing as he speaks, and between them John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and satirical writer, especially of "The North Briton", who wears a fur-trimmed cloak and points at papers on the table labelled 'Addresses to County County of Middlesex Constitutional Legal Liberty / General Warrants Seizure of Papers Habeas Corpus Alteration of Records Informations ex Office Close Imprisonment / Treatise on Inclosing Commons Freedom of Elections Trial by Jury Letters to Sr. J. Gibbons and Sir W. B. Proctor', with a folding screen to right and a picture behind of an allegorical female figure holding a scroll of Magna Charta.
CS: 48. Russell: 48.
[Ref: 30871] £490.00
![[Hannah Gurney] The Fair Quaker.](jpegs/36843.jpg)
[Hannah Gurney] The Fair Quaker. Nor Gold, nor Gems are wanting to the Maid, [/] In neat simplicity, like this, Array'd; [/] Plain native Beauty, ore delights the hearts, [/] Than all the Glittering Ornaments of Art.
R. Houton delin & fecit.
Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to platemark left & right. Repaired tears in edges. Bit messy.
A three-quarter length portrait of Hannah Gurney (neé Middleton, 1742-79) wife of the quaker Joseph Gurney. She is depicted in simple quaker dress and bonnet.
CS: 132.II, Russell 132.
[Ref: 36843] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
R. Houton delin & fecit.
Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to platemark left & right. Repaired tears in edges. Bit messy.
A three-quarter length portrait of Hannah Gurney (neé Middleton, 1742-79) wife of the quaker Joseph Gurney. She is depicted in simple quaker dress and bonnet.
CS: 132.II, Russell 132.
[Ref: 36843] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Calabrian Shepherd Boy.
published by Cha.s Tilt, 86 Fleet Street. A. Ducôtés Lithog.y 70. St. Martins Lane. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph, scarce. Sheet: 190 x 205mm (7½ x 8¼").
A portrait of a young Italian boy sitting in the countryside sitting next to his dog.
[Ref: 47730] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
published by Cha.s Tilt, 86 Fleet Street. A. Ducôtés Lithog.y 70. St. Martins Lane. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph, scarce. Sheet: 190 x 205mm (7½ x 8¼").
A portrait of a young Italian boy sitting in the countryside sitting next to his dog.
[Ref: 47730] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Serjeant Glyn, Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex. John Wilkes Esq.r Elected Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex, 29th March 1768. Alderman of the Ward of Faringdon without. The Rev.d John Horne, Minister of New Brentford.
Rich.d Houston inv.t delin. et fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 6. 1769, by Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, & J.no Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside, London.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Group portrait, seated around a table, John Glyn (1722-1779), Serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, to left wearing bands and short wig, right hand on his knee, holding quill in left, John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), radical political writer, opposite him, leaning forward and gesturing as he speaks, and between them John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and satirical writer, especially of "The North Briton", who wears a fur-trimmed cloak and points at papers on the table labelled 'Addresses to County County of Middlesex Constitutional Legal Liberty / General Warrants Seizure of Papers Habeas Corpus Alteration of Records Informations ex Office Close Imprisonment / Treatise on Inclosing Commons Freedom of Elections Trial by Jury Letters to Sr. J. Gibbons and Sir W. B. Proctor', with a folding screen to right and a picture behind of an allegorical female figure holding a scroll of Magna Charta.
CS: 48. Russell: 48.
[Ref: 49124] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Rich.d Houston inv.t delin. et fecit.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 6. 1769, by Rob.t Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, & J.no Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside, London.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Group portrait, seated around a table, John Glyn (1722-1779), Serjeant-at-law and recorder of London, to left wearing bands and short wig, right hand on his knee, holding quill in left, John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), radical political writer, opposite him, leaning forward and gesturing as he speaks, and between them John Wilkes (1725-1797), politician and satirical writer, especially of "The North Briton", who wears a fur-trimmed cloak and points at papers on the table labelled 'Addresses to County County of Middlesex Constitutional Legal Liberty / General Warrants Seizure of Papers Habeas Corpus Alteration of Records Informations ex Office Close Imprisonment / Treatise on Inclosing Commons Freedom of Elections Trial by Jury Letters to Sr. J. Gibbons and Sir W. B. Proctor', with a folding screen to right and a picture behind of an allegorical female figure holding a scroll of Magna Charta.
CS: 48. Russell: 48.
[Ref: 49124] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)