The R.t Hon.ble S.r Rob. Clayton Kt Lord Mayor of ye City of London 1680.
J. Riley pinx. J. Smith fec.
[London, c.1707.]
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 285mm (16 x 11¼"), with large margins.
Portrait of Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), merchant banker, politician and Lord Mayor of London, in an oval above ceremonial regalia. After founding a bank, Clayton & Morris Co., he amassed such a fortune that he could buy Brownsea Island and its castle in the 1650s and lend William III £30,000 to pay for the army in 1697. He became a director of the Bank of England in 1702.
CS 52 ii.
[Ref: 49957] £240.00
[London, c.1707.]
Fine mezzotint. 410 x 285mm (16 x 11¼"), with large margins.
Portrait of Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), merchant banker, politician and Lord Mayor of London, in an oval above ceremonial regalia. After founding a bank, Clayton & Morris Co., he amassed such a fortune that he could buy Brownsea Island and its castle in the 1650s and lend William III £30,000 to pay for the army in 1697. He became a director of the Bank of England in 1702.
CS 52 ii.
[Ref: 49957] £240.00