S.r Francis Dashwood Bar.t of West Wycombe, Bucks.
A. Carpentier Pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1753.
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate. Bit messy.
Francis Dashwood (1708-81), 11th Baron Le Despencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1762-3. He is better known as a rake: he formed 'The Society of Dilettanti' in 1732 and the infamous 'Hell-fire Club' in 1755, known as the 'monks of Medmenham Abbey' for the orgies caricaturing the Catholic rites they held there.
CS 108. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68597] £160.00
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate. Bit messy.
Francis Dashwood (1708-81), 11th Baron Le Despencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1762-3. He is better known as a rake: he formed 'The Society of Dilettanti' in 1732 and the infamous 'Hell-fire Club' in 1755, known as the 'monks of Medmenham Abbey' for the orgies caricaturing the Catholic rites they held there.
CS 108. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68597] £160.00