Charles Lucas A Free Citizen of the City of Dublin.
And.r Miller Fecit.
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint 510 x 355mm. Some surface wear.
Portrait of Charles Lucas (1713-71), politician and physician. Lucas began as an apothecary in Dublin; however he published a number of pamphlets decrying the corruption of Dublin's aldermen, for which he was threatened with prosecution for seditious publications. He moved to London before going to the continent to study medicine. Returning to Dublin in 1760, he was soon elected MP, a post he held until his death.
CS:32, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4251] £650.00
[n.d., c.1755.]
Mezzotint 510 x 355mm. Some surface wear.
Portrait of Charles Lucas (1713-71), politician and physician. Lucas began as an apothecary in Dublin; however he published a number of pamphlets decrying the corruption of Dublin's aldermen, for which he was threatened with prosecution for seditious publications. He moved to London before going to the continent to study medicine. Returning to Dublin in 1760, he was soon elected MP, a post he held until his death.
CS:32, state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4251] £650.00