Paul Whitehead, Esq. of Twickenham. Obiit Dec.r 30 1774Unhallow'd Hands, this Urn forbear / No Gems, nor orient Spoil, / Lie here conceal'd- but what's more rare / A Heart that Knows no guile
Publishd as the Act directs Sept.r 1 1773 by T. Wright Essex Street, Strand.
Engraving, sheet 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Paul Whitehead (1710-74), satirist in the vein of Alexander Pope who also organised events such as a mock Masonic procession along the Strand which was depicted in a satirical print. By the 1750s Whitehead lived at the elegant Colne Lodge on the north side of Twickenham Common. At this time his friends included the painters Francis Hayman and George Lambert, while his portrait was painted by Gainsborough (now lost). Whitehead's last bequest was his heart to his patron Dashwood, now Lord Le Despencer, with £50 for a marble urn in which it could be placed in Dashwood's mausoleum at West Wycombe. The urn containing the heart (shown here) was ceremoniously deposited in the mausoleum at West Wycombe on 16 August 1775 but was later stolen by a tourist.
For Whitehead's mock Masonic procession see ref. 40356; for Colne Lodge see ref. 15001.
[Ref: 43524] £95.00
Engraving, sheet 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed.
Paul Whitehead (1710-74), satirist in the vein of Alexander Pope who also organised events such as a mock Masonic procession along the Strand which was depicted in a satirical print. By the 1750s Whitehead lived at the elegant Colne Lodge on the north side of Twickenham Common. At this time his friends included the painters Francis Hayman and George Lambert, while his portrait was painted by Gainsborough (now lost). Whitehead's last bequest was his heart to his patron Dashwood, now Lord Le Despencer, with £50 for a marble urn in which it could be placed in Dashwood's mausoleum at West Wycombe. The urn containing the heart (shown here) was ceremoniously deposited in the mausoleum at West Wycombe on 16 August 1775 but was later stolen by a tourist.
For Whitehead's mock Masonic procession see ref. 40356; for Colne Lodge see ref. 15001.
[Ref: 43524] £95.00