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The Lord Mayor requests the Honor of your Company to Dinner; at the Mansion House
The Lord Mayor requests the Honor of your Company to Dinner; at the Mansion House on Monday, the 4th of April, at four o'Clock precisely.
Clark & Norris Sculp. Moorfields.
[London, c.1810.]
Ticket/invitation, engraving, sheet 150 x 205mm. 6 x 8". A good impression.
Allegorical design for a ticket to the Mansion House in the City of London. A figure of Britannia to left holding sword and shield bearing the arms of the City; a winged putti holds aloft a banner inscribed 'Our Protection & Support'; a seated female figure to right, distant view of ships at sea and anchor, shield and crown to centre foreground.
[Ref: 14005]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The Lord Mayor Requests the Honor of [blank] Company to meet the Most Noble Marquis Cornwallis,
The Lord Mayor Requests the Honor of [blank] Company to meet the Most Noble Marquis Cornwallis, at the Mansion House, to Dinner, on Saturday, the 5th of April, 1794, at 5 o'Clock precisely.
Clark & Norris Sculpt. Moorfields.
[London, c.1794.]
Uncompleted ticket/invitation to an audience with Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738 - 1805) at the Mansion House, City of London. Engraving, 195 x 245mm. 7¾ x 9¾". Lower left corner chipped (detached on admission?).
Lettered to a circular cartouche framed by laurel leaves and fronds, surmounted by the coat of arms of the City of London. Four allegorical female figures to four corners. Cornwallis was second-in-command of British forces during the American War of Independence, and surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781, effectively bringing the conflict to a close.
[Ref: 21985]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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