Edward Lord Thurlow.
Painted by T. Phillips. A. Engraved by C. Turner.
London, Published April 20, 1807, by C. Turner 50. Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint with large margins, very fine; laid on Album sheet. Platemark: 480 x 340mm (18¾ x 13¼"). Light foxing in margins.
A portrait of lawyer and politician Edward Thurlow (1731-1806). 1st Baron Thurlow was Lord Chancellor for fourteen years (1778-1792) and under four Tory Prime Ministers. Thurlow was a constitutionalist and anti-reformer. He opposed reform in Ireland and defended the interests of the slave-trader.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 559 I of II.
[Ref: 35058] £340.00
London, Published April 20, 1807, by C. Turner 50. Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint with large margins, very fine; laid on Album sheet. Platemark: 480 x 340mm (18¾ x 13¼"). Light foxing in margins.
A portrait of lawyer and politician Edward Thurlow (1731-1806). 1st Baron Thurlow was Lord Chancellor for fourteen years (1778-1792) and under four Tory Prime Ministers. Thurlow was a constitutionalist and anti-reformer. He opposed reform in Ireland and defended the interests of the slave-trader.
Ex Collection: The Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Whitman: 559 I of II.
[Ref: 35058] £340.00