John Duc de Marlborough Capitaine General des Armée de sa Majesté Britanique dans l'Allemagne & les Pais bas etc
J. Gole exc. Amst: cum Pivil: [c.1700]
Mezzotint, platemark 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York, Churchill played a major role in crushing Monmouth's rebellion when James became King in 1685. Just three years later, however, he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714.
O'D 46. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40154] £260.00
Mezzotint, platemark 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), soldier and statesman. Rising to become a confidential agent of James, Duke of York, Churchill played a major role in crushing Monmouth's rebellion when James became King in 1685. Just three years later, however, he abandoned his Catholic king in favour of the protestant William of Orange. His influence at court reached its height with the accession of Queen Anne. Promoted to Commander-in Chief of the allied forces, he achieved huge victories against the French in the War of the Spanish Succession. However, the increasing unpopularity of the war and Marlborough's arrogance contributed to his dismissal by Anne in 1711. He eventually regained favour with the accession of George I in 1714.
O'D 46. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40154] £260.00