Lieutenant General Wills, Commander of his Maj.ties Forces, in the Action against the Rebells at Preston in Lancashire., the 14th. of November 1715.
M. Dahl pinx. Simon fe.
cum privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 pigeons in Bedford-street [n.d. c.1715].
Very rare mezzotint. 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper, second line of publication faint, some glue staining to the corners.
Half-length portrait in oval of General Charles Wills (1666-1741), who beat the Jacobites at the Battle of Preston (1715), ending the First Jacobite Rebellion in England.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12900] £280.00
cum privilegio Regis. Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 pigeons in Bedford-street [n.d. c.1715].
Very rare mezzotint. 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper, second line of publication faint, some glue staining to the corners.
Half-length portrait in oval of General Charles Wills (1666-1741), who beat the Jacobites at the Battle of Preston (1715), ending the First Jacobite Rebellion in England.
From the Belton House Collection assembled in the 18th Century by the Rt. Hon. John Ld. Brownlow, Baron Charleville, & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lenno
[Ref: 12900] £280.00