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Lord Amherst.
[n.d.c.1782 for the London Magazine.]
Engraving. 150 x 90mm (6 x 3½"). Trimmed into plate. Small dent on the upper right of the print.
Portrait of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797), British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army. Amherst is credited as the architect of Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years' War. Under his command, British forces captured the cities of Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal, as well as several major fortresses. He was also the first British governor general in the territories that eventually became Canada. Numerous places and streets are named after him, in both Canada and the United States.
[Ref: 64071] £70.00
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R.t. Hon. Jeffrey Lord Amherst.
[Publish'd as the Act direct Novr. 1st. 1781, by J. Walker, Paternoster Row, London.]
Engraving. 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed into plate, backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797), British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army. Amherst is credited as the architect of Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years' War. Under his command, British forces captured the cities of Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal, as well as several major fortresses. He was also the first British governor general in the territories that eventually became Canada. Numerous places and streets are named after him, in both Canada and the United States.
[Ref: 64072] £45.00
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Lieutenant General Boyd. [From a painting in the possession of Mrs Boyd.]
[Fielding & Walker.]
[Published Jan. 15, 1783, by J. Walker. Paternoster Row.]
Engraving. 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Trimmed. Backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Robert Boyd (1710 - 1794). In 1756 he served at the Siege of Minorca, and attempted to reach Admiral John Byng's fleet in an open boat with a message from the besieged garrison commander, William Blakeney. Boyd was a witness at the subsequent court-martial at which Byng was tried for the loss of the garrison..
[Ref: 64097] £65.00
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General Burgoyne.
[n.d.,c.1780.]
Engraving. 120 x 90mm (4¾ x 3½"). Trimmed. Backed onto album paper. Very small mark on upper centre.
Portrait of General John Burgoyne (1722 - 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, most notably during the Portugal campaign of 1762. Burgoyne is best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War. He designed an invasion scheme and was appointed to command a force moving south from Canada to split away New England and end the rebellion. Burgoyne advanced from Canada but his slow movement allowed the Americans to concentrate their forces. Instead of coming to his aid according to the overall plan, the British Army in New York City moved south to capture Philadelphia.
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Sir Guy Carleton.
[n.d.,c.1780.]
Engraving. 145 x 95mm ((5¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed. Backed onto album paper. Small vertical crease in centre.
Portrait of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester KB (1724 - 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer, peer and colonial administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to 1778, concurrently serving as Governor General of British North America in that time, and again from 1785 to 1795. The title Baron Dorchester was created on 21 August 1786. He commanded British troops in the American Revolutionary War, first leading the defence of Quebec during the 1775 rebel invasion, and the 1776 counteroffensive that drove the rebels from the province. In 1782 and 1783, he led as the commander-in-chief of all British forces in North America. In this capacity he was notable for carrying out the Crown's promise of freedom to slaves who joined the British, and he oversaw the evacuation of British forces, Loyalists and more than 3,000 freedmen from New York City in 1783 to transport them to a British colony. Toward this end, Carleton assigned Samuel Birch to create the Book of Negroes. The military and political career of his younger brother, Thomas Carleton, was interwoven with his own, and Thomas served under him in the Canadas.
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Rt. Hon. General Conway. European Magazine.
Stothard del. Angus Sculp.
Published April 1, 1782, by J.Fielding, Pater-noster Row, J.Sewell, Cornhill & J.Debrett, Piccadily.
Stipple engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), with large margins.
Portrait of Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway (1721 - 1795) was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession. He held various political offices including Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, Leader of the House of Commons and Secretary of State for the Northern Department. He eventually rose to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Conway sought to urge a moderate policy towards the American colonies, being the principal supporter of the repeal of the Stamp Act, and opposing the taxation policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend.
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[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.] M.De La Fayette.
Anker Smith sculp.t.
[n.d.,c.1800.]
Engraving. 130 x 85mm (5 x 3½"), very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate on right side.
Portrait of Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1854), known as Lafayette. Lafayette was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette was ultimately permitted to command Continental Army troops in the decisive Siege of Yorktown in 1781, the Revolutionary War's final major battle that secured American independence. After returning to France, Lafayette became a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830 and continues to be celebrated as a hero in both France and the United States.
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Benjamin Count Rumford. F.R.S. V.P. P.R.I. Acad. R.Berol. Elect. Boicæ et Palat et Amer S o c. &c.
[n.d.,c.1800.]
Etching. 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Faint offset.
Silhouette of Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (1753 - 1814) was an American-born British military officer, scientist, inventor and nobleman. Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, he supported the Loyalist cause during the American War of Independence, commanding the King's American Dragoons during the conflict. After the war ended in 1783, Thompson moved to London, where he was recognised for his administrative talents and received a knighthood from George III in 1784. A prolific scientist and inventor, Thompson also created several new warship designs. He subsequently moved to the Electorate of Bavaria and entered into the employ of the Bavarian government, heavily reorganising the Bavarian Army. Thompson was rewarded for his efforts by being made an Imperial Count in 1792 before dying in Paris in 1814.
[Ref: 64113] £65.00
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Washington.
[L. Radosinc]
[n.d.,c.1800.]
Rare stipple engraving. Sheet 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed. Time stained.
Portrait of George Washington (1732 - 1799), American Founding Father, politician, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and then served as president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted the current Constitution of the United States. Washington has thus become commonly known as the "Father of his Country".
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