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Oliverius Plunket. Archiepiscopus Armachanus suspensus, et Partitus Londini 1 July 1681, profide
[Richard Collin.]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of Oliver Plunkett (1625 - 1681) who served as the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, and was the final victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975, becoming the first newly declared Irish saint in nearly seven centuries.
[Ref: 67714] £160.00
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James Worsdale Esq.r. Ridendo, dicere, verum.
R.E. Pine pinx.t. W. Dickinson fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1769.
Rare mezzotint. 405 x 285mm (16 x 11¼"). Thread margins, nicks in edges, creased, old ink mss. in inscription area.
A three-quarter portrait of Irish artist and rake James Worsdale (c.1692-1767), a roll of papers inscribed 'Taste' in his pocket, a palette on the balcony behind him, gesturing towards a beehive. CS 91. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67572] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
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