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Sir Thomas Bodley.
Sir Thomas Bodley. From the original of Cornelius Jansen, in the Bodleian Gallery Oxford.
Drawn by T. Unwins & Engraved (with permission) by E. Scriven.
London, Published by Lackington, Allen & co. and Langman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne. [n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Platemark: 375 x 265mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Light creasing in title area.
A portrait of the founder of the Bodleian Library, sir Thomas Bodley (1545 - 1613). Half length, facing viewer, with his hand on the hilt of his sword. This print is a fragment from the frontispiece to 'Catalogue of the Bodleian library', first publsihed in 1674. Sir Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar, founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, when in 1598 his offer to restore the old library was accepted by the university. Bodley began his book collection effort in 1600, using the site of the former library above the Divinity School, which was in near ruin. For proof impression before letters, see item ref: 33875.
[Ref: 33874]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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The Right Honble. Charles James Fox. Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, 1806.
The Right Honble. Charles James Fox. Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, 1806.
Drawn by T. Unwins and engraved by H. Meyer, from the Bust of Nollekens.
Published Octr. 3d. 1806, by H. Meyer, 62, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury.
Stipple. 276 x 215mm. Rare.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, as a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years. Fox was the first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence. Also known for his rivalry with William Pitt the Younger and a staunch opponent of George III he was reckless in politics as at the gaming tables. Fox held office briefly as a Tory under Lord North then led the opposition. Fox strongly criticised Lord North and the conduct of the American war, viewing the cause of the American patriots as a struggle for liberty against oppressive external power. He supported the revolutionaries of the United States, often dressing in the colours of George Washington's army. He championed America’s cause, denouncing taxation of Americans without their consent. Reform was a passion but as a supporter of the revolutionary cause in France, his credibility was diminished from 1792 by the excesses of the French revolutionaries.
[Ref: 12583]   £170.00   (£204.00 incl.VAT)
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Bachelor of Arts.
Bachelor of Arts.
T. Unwins del.t. J. Agar sculp.t.
London, Pub. May 1st. 1813 at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Fine hand coloured engraving, with large margins. Platemark: 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾").
A gentleman in academic dress. From Rudolph Ackermann's 'A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings', 1813.
[Ref: 35431]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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