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[Simon Fraser] Lovat's Ghost on Pilgrimage. Disguis'd thro' Life, a Layman at ye Block...
[after Samuel Ireland.]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, June 15th 1747.
Fine mezzotint and etching, early impression before folds. Plate 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"), with large margins
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. A different plate to the plate signed by Ireland.
See BM Satire 2847. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 69027] £360.00
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, June 15th 1747.
Fine mezzotint and etching, early impression before folds. Plate 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"), with large margins
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. A different plate to the plate signed by Ireland.
See BM Satire 2847. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 69027] £360.00