Samuel Berdmore S.T.P.Scholae Carthusiae Magister, MDCCLXXXVIII.
Painted in Miniature by S. Shelley. Engraved by W. Nutter
Publish'd Oct.r 28 1788 by R. Cribb N. 288 High Holborn
Stipple with very large margins, platemark 205 x 150mm (8 x 6").
Samuel Berdmore (1739-1802), headmaster of Charterhouse School from 1769 to 1791 where he maintained the reputation and finances of the school. Bredmore was also a keen literary scholar, publishing 'Specimens of Literary Resemblance in the Works of Pope, Gray, and other Celebrated Writers' in 1801, and he was a member of the Unincreasable Club, meeting in Holborn that included the painter George Romney amongst its members.
[Ref: 35836] £120.00
Publish'd Oct.r 28 1788 by R. Cribb N. 288 High Holborn
Stipple with very large margins, platemark 205 x 150mm (8 x 6").
Samuel Berdmore (1739-1802), headmaster of Charterhouse School from 1769 to 1791 where he maintained the reputation and finances of the school. Bredmore was also a keen literary scholar, publishing 'Specimens of Literary Resemblance in the Works of Pope, Gray, and other Celebrated Writers' in 1801, and he was a member of the Unincreasable Club, meeting in Holborn that included the painter George Romney amongst its members.
[Ref: 35836] £120.00