John Horne Tooke.
Envoye, d'Angleterre, annee 1792 au Cercle Social.
a Paris Rue du Theatre Francois No.4.
Stipple with etching, 220 x 135mm. 8¾ x 5¼".
A rare portrait of John Horne Tooke (1736 - 1812), radical politician and philologist, published in revolutionary France. Horne Tooke was an ardent campaigner for liberty and parliamentary reform. He helped establish 'The Society for Supporting the Bill of Rights' and was instrumental in organising the distribution of Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man in 1791. In 1794 he was wrongly accused of planning an uprising and imprisoned in the Tower of London. William Godwin's written attack against the charge of high treason was widely read and seen as decisive to Horne Tooke's eventual acquittal. Horne Tooke also achieved widespread acclaim for the Diversions of Purley (1786 and 1805), a major two-volume work of philology, the study of ancient texts and languages. The inscription below the portrait informs us that the sitter was a British envoy or representative at the French 'Cercle Social', an association with the goal of equal political and legal rights for women.
[Ref: 13788] £65.00
a Paris Rue du Theatre Francois No.4.
Stipple with etching, 220 x 135mm. 8¾ x 5¼".
A rare portrait of John Horne Tooke (1736 - 1812), radical politician and philologist, published in revolutionary France. Horne Tooke was an ardent campaigner for liberty and parliamentary reform. He helped establish 'The Society for Supporting the Bill of Rights' and was instrumental in organising the distribution of Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man in 1791. In 1794 he was wrongly accused of planning an uprising and imprisoned in the Tower of London. William Godwin's written attack against the charge of high treason was widely read and seen as decisive to Horne Tooke's eventual acquittal. Horne Tooke also achieved widespread acclaim for the Diversions of Purley (1786 and 1805), a major two-volume work of philology, the study of ancient texts and languages. The inscription below the portrait informs us that the sitter was a British envoy or representative at the French 'Cercle Social', an association with the goal of equal political and legal rights for women.
[Ref: 13788] £65.00