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Jack Bristowe.
J. Shackleton pinxt. I. Faber fecit 1746.
Mezzotint. 225 x 330mm. Thread like margins outside the platemark
John Faber the Younger [c.1695 - 1756]. In pencil on the reverse is a claim that the sitter is Colonel in the Guards, while the British Museum supports the suggestion he is Robert Bristowe, a clerk comptroller in the royal household whose sister married John 1st Earl of Buckingham, and also keeper of the Punch House on London Bridge. CS:46:ii
[Ref: 13870] £130.00
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Jack Bristowe.
J. Shackleton pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1746.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins. Crack in plate mark repaired. Bit messy.
A half-length portrait of a portly man in a plain jacket and tricorn hat. The British Museum suggests he is Robert Bristowe, a clerk comptroller in the royal household whose sister married John 1st Earl of Buckingham, and also keeper of the Punch House on London Bridge. However the will of the artist, John Shackleton (d. 1767) included a bequest of two paintings ''to John Bristow Esqr Keeper of His Majesties Lions in the Tower'', who was also steward to the Duke of Newcastle. CS:46:ii
[Ref: 68533] £160.00
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The Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and John Roberts Esq.r.
J.Shackleton Pinx.t. R.Houston fecit.
Printed and Sold by Jos. Edmondson, at his House in Warwick Street, Golden Square, St James's. [n.d., c.1752.]
Mezzotint. 395 x 390mm (15½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Tears in margins, laid on archival paper.
Henry Pelham, 1695-1754, Prime Minister from 1743 until his death. At the same time he was First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. He is pictured here with John Roberts ( 1712?72), his secretary from 1743 to 1754. Pelham holds a letter dated 1752. See NPG 871 for Shackleton's oil (without Roberts); CS 87.
[Ref: 49960] £330.00
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