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[St Dunstan.]
[St Dunstan.] To the Worshipful Company of the Mistery of Goldsmiths in the City of London this plate is Humbly Dedicated by their most humble Servant G.Bockman. St. Dunstan was well-extracted, being related to King Athelston.
B. Pinxit & fecit 1743.
Mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
St. Dunstan (c.909-88), abbot of Glastonbury, bishop of Worcester, bishop of London, and archbishop of Canterbury, as well as serving as minister of state to several Saxon kings. A late C11th legend tells that the Devil tempted Dunstan disguised as a woman, but was caught by the nose with the tongs shown in this portrait.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 695]   £660.00  
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[St Dunstan.]
[St Dunstan.] To the Worshipful Company of the Mistery of Goldsmiths in the City of London this plate is Humbly Dedicated by their most humble Servant G.Bockman. St. Dunstan was well-extracted, being related to King Athelston.
B. Pinxit & fecit 1743.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate, stains, edged with album paper. Repair in title.
St. Dunstan (c.909-88), abbot of Glastonbury, bishop of Worcester, bishop of London, and archbishop of Canterbury, as well as serving as minister of state to several Saxon kings. A late 11th century legend tells that the Devil tempted Dunstan disguised as a woman, but was caught by the nose with the tongs shown in this portrait.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CS 6 only state.
[Ref: 65260]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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His Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland. &c.
His Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland. &c.
Bockman Delin. et fecit.
Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d. c.1760].
Laid on board. Some light staining and foxing.
Third son of George II. A life-long soldier, described by Horace Walpole as 'proud and unforgiving, fond of war for its own sake' [1721 - 1765]. His victory at Culloden in 1746 ended the Jacobite threat, but his severe treatment of the rebels earned him the nickname of 'Butcher Cumberland'.
CS: 4, "apparently an after state" of CS 3.
[Ref: 693]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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