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William Lenthall, Speaker.
William Lenthall, Speaker. Etch'd from an Original Drawing, in the Collect:n of Lord Viscount Mountstuart.
Eliza B. Gulston, fecit.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
William Lenthall (1591-1662), Speaker of the House of Commons when Charles I entered the chamber to arrest five MPs of the Long Parliament for treason. When Charles asked Lenthall where the five were, Lenthall famously replied "I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as this House is pleased to direct me." This was the first time a speaker declared his allegiance to the liberty of parliament rather than the will of the monarch.
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[Netherlands] [Cornelis Tromp?].
[Netherlands] [Cornelis Tromp?].
Eliz Gulston fecit 1792 [in ink lower left.]
Etching. 254 x 178mm. 10 x 7". Very rare.
The date attributed to this etching is incorrect for Elizabeth Gulston as she lived from 1749 to 1779. Probably Sir Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp (1629-1691), the Dutch naval officer who fought in the first three Anglo-Dutch Wars and in the Scanian War.
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