[The Right Honourable Charles, Lord Hawkesbury, Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster; one of His Majesty;s most Honourable Privy Council. President of the Committee of Council for Trade & Plantations, and Clerk of the Pells in Ireland, LLD &c &c &c.]
[G. Romney Pinxit. J. Murphy Sculpt.]
[London. Publish'd March 19th. 1788 by I. Murphy No 4, Air Street Piccadilly.]
Rare mezzotint, proof before all letters . Plate 460 x 355mm (18¼ x 14"). Repaired tears in title area.
Portrait, three-quarter length, sitting, directed to the left, facing and looking to the front, holding a snuff box in his left hand, beside him is a table with books, one lettered "Report on Commercial Intercourse with America", and papers referring to the encouragement of navigation, and Greenland whale and Newfoundland fisheries. Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729-1808), Lord Hawkesbury, was a British statesman who served as a Lord of the Admiralty, a Lord of the Treasury, a Privy Councillor, Vice Treasurer of Ireland, Master of the Mint, Secretary at War, President of the Board of Trade, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia, and Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada were named after him.
Horne: 66. CS: 6.Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65219] £480.00
[London. Publish'd March 19th. 1788 by I. Murphy No 4, Air Street Piccadilly.]
Rare mezzotint, proof before all letters . Plate 460 x 355mm (18¼ x 14"). Repaired tears in title area.
Portrait, three-quarter length, sitting, directed to the left, facing and looking to the front, holding a snuff box in his left hand, beside him is a table with books, one lettered "Report on Commercial Intercourse with America", and papers referring to the encouragement of navigation, and Greenland whale and Newfoundland fisheries. Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729-1808), Lord Hawkesbury, was a British statesman who served as a Lord of the Admiralty, a Lord of the Treasury, a Privy Councillor, Vice Treasurer of Ireland, Master of the Mint, Secretary at War, President of the Board of Trade, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia, and Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada were named after him.
Horne: 66. CS: 6.Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65219] £480.00