The Lecture on Heads Embellished by Jn.o Lockington.'N° 1. This is one of those extraordinary personages termed Conquerors; and may be thought great like Alexander, he having been where ambition has destroyed numbers; as tho' mankind was only made to be cut to Pieces. Such we call a Hero, a Warrior, a General, or Mankiller. N° 2. This is the head of an Eastern Chief. The Chiefs of which place is under great Subjection of Lacks of Rupees and Berguders or else Deposed of their Crowns; Torn from their families or Starved by our Modern Conquerors: which has been the case lately, he is called Tulgagee Mahah Rajah. To be Continued.
London Published as the Act directs Mar.h 9 1786 by J.Lockington Engraver Saville Passage, Conduit Street, Hanover Square.
Engraving. Sheet 315 x 190mm. Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
'No 1' is either the Duke of Richmond or Lord Amherst, the commander-in-chief in Canada. 'No.2' is Warren Hastings, who had been denounced by Edmund Burke the month before.
BM: 6922.
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Engraving. Sheet 315 x 190mm. Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
'No 1' is either the Duke of Richmond or Lord Amherst, the commander-in-chief in Canada. 'No.2' is Warren Hastings, who had been denounced by Edmund Burke the month before.
BM: 6922.
[Ref: 6877] £50.00