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[Thomas Hobbes.]
[Engraved by C.O. Murray after J.M. Murray.]
[n.d., c.1884.]
Etching. Plate: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½'') very large margins.
A portrait of philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) whose major work 'Leviathan' 1651, was an important influence on many areas of social and political thought.
[Ref: 48374] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. John Lacy, Comedian and Dramatic Writer, in his three Principal Characters. Teague in the Committee, Scruple in the Cheats, and Galliard in the Variety, Died 1681.
[John Michael Wright.] Etched by Hopkins, from the Picture in Windsor Castle.
Published 1825 by Wm. Smith 24, Lisle Street Leicester Square.
Fine Etching. 349 x 266mm. 13¾ x 10½". Trimmed.
John Lacy (c.1615-1681) was an English comic actor and playwright during the Restoration era, and was the favourite comic of King Charles II. Here he stands as his three principle characters; Teague in "The Committee", Seruple in "The Cheats", and Galliard in the "Variety". Harvard: Vol III: p.6: i of ii.
[Ref: 19078] £150.00
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