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Mr. Charles Churchill.
Mr. Charles Churchill.
J.H. Schaak pinx.t T. Burford fecit.
Publish'd as the Act Directs January 1.st 1765 by Tho.s Burford.
Mezzotint, fine with small margins; paper watermarked. Plate 504 x 355mm. 19¾ x 14".
Portrait, bust in an oval facing front, looking away to left, wearing waistcoat with a high sheen under a plain coat, the lapel of the waistcoat open to show white cravat, with brown hair curled over the ears and a short fringe. Charles Churchill (1731-164) the satirist and author of 'The Rosciad', 1761, a satire on contemporary actors; although David Garrick was the only one to escape his vitriol. Churchill's other targets included Lord Bute, Tobias Smollett and William Hogarth.
NPG: D1446. CS: 3.
[Ref: 27339]   £320.00  
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His Royal Highness Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, Earl of Ulster, & Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
His Royal Highness Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, Earl of Ulster, & Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
J.H.Schaak pinx.t. T.Burford fecit.
London, printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1765.]
Very fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm.
Edward Augustus (1739-1767), younger brother of George III, created Duke of York and Albany by George II (his grandfather) in 1760.
CS: 20. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5408]   £650.00  
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His Royal Highness Edward Augustus Duke or York and Albany, Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, Earl of Ulster, & Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
His Royal Highness Edward Augustus Duke or York and Albany, Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, Earl of Ulster, & Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
J. H. Schaak pinxt. T. Burford fecit.
London printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's Head, in Fleet Street. [n.d. c.1760.]
A rare mezzotint. Plate 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾"). Cut to just outside the platemark.
Prince Edward, Duke of York (1739-1767), was the younger brother of George III, the second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Admiral and second in command of the Channel Fleet with Earl Howe as his flag captain. He took part in the expedition to Cherbourg in 1758, Quiberon Bay in 1759 and against Manilla in 1761.
Parker: 1163. From the Collection of Viscount Hood. C.S. 20 only state.
[Ref: 12402]   £380.00  
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