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Lovat's Ghost on Pilgrimage.
Lovat's Ghost on Pilgrimage. Disguis'd thro' Life, a Layman at ye Block...
S. Ireland sculp.t.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, June 15th 1747.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 230 x 330mm (9 x 13''). Trimmed, creasing.
A satirical scene showing the headless ghost of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat carrying his own head around a crypt while wearing the dress of a Catholic priest. Lovat was executed in April 1747 because of his role in the 1745 Jacobite rising.
BM Satire 2847.
[Ref: 49087]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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James Oglethorpe.
James Oglethorpe.
[after Samuel Ireland.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Foxing.
Sketched portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe (1696 - 1785), general, philanthropist, and colonist of Georgia, as sketched at Dr. Johnson's sale.
[Ref: 45649]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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General James Oglethorpe.
General James Oglethorpe. Died 30th June 1785 Aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe_Sketch'd from Life at the sale of Dr Johnsons books Feb.y 18th, 1785 where the Gen.l was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles_In 1706 he had an ensigns comission in the Guards & remember'd to have shot snipe in Conduit mead where Conduit Street now stands.
S. Ireland del.t et fecit.
Publishd Sept.r 9. 1785 by I. Cary, No. 188, Strand.
Etching. Plate: 160 x 215mm (6¼ x 8½"). Creasing in lower right corner.
A portrait of General Oglethorpe (1696-1785), member of Parliament, officer, and founder of the colony of Georgia, sitting on a stool reading a book.
[Ref: 45521]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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General James Oglethorpe.
General James Oglethorpe. Died 30th June 1785 Aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe_Sketch'd from Life at the sale of Dr Johnsons books Feb.y 18th, 1785 where the Gen.l was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles_In 1706 he had an ensigns comission in the Guards & remember'd to have shot snipe in Conduit mead where Conduit Street now stands.
S. Ireland del.t et fecit.
Proof before the publication line. [n.d., c.1785.]
Etching. Plate: 160 x 215mm (6¼ x 8½"), with very large margins.
A portrait of General Oglethorpe (1696-1785), member of Parliament, officer, and founder of the colony of Georgia, sitting on a stool reading a book.
[Ref: 41349]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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