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[Simon Fraser] Lovat's Ghost on Pilgrimage. Disguis'd thro' Life, a Layman at ye Block...
S. Ireland sculp.t [said to be after William Hogarth].
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, June 15th 1747.
Mezzotint and etching, printed in brown. Sheet 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½''). Trimmed, creasing as normal.
A satirical scene showing the headless ghost of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, carrying his own head around a crypt while wearing the dress of a Catholic priest. Lovat was executed in April 1747 because of his role in the 1745 Jacobite rising.
BM Satire 2847.
[Ref: 69026] £120.00
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, June 15th 1747.
Mezzotint and etching, printed in brown. Sheet 215 x 320mm (8½ x 12½''). Trimmed, creasing as normal.
A satirical scene showing the headless ghost of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, carrying his own head around a crypt while wearing the dress of a Catholic priest. Lovat was executed in April 1747 because of his role in the 1745 Jacobite rising.
BM Satire 2847.
[Ref: 69026] £120.00