The Right Honourable Charles Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Bockman fecit.
Printed for Tho.s Bowles near the Chapter House in St Pauls Church Yard, and Jn.o Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London.
Mezzotint. 365 x 255mm. Trimmed close to plate.
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (1685-1737), British lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor 1733 to 1737. While Solicitor General, Talbot co-wrote the 'Yorke-Talbot slavery opinion', which decided that slavery was legitimate under British law, 1729.
CS: 21. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 696] £180.00
Printed for Tho.s Bowles near the Chapter House in St Pauls Church Yard, and Jn.o Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London.
Mezzotint. 365 x 255mm. Trimmed close to plate.
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (1685-1737), British lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor 1733 to 1737. While Solicitor General, Talbot co-wrote the 'Yorke-Talbot slavery opinion', which decided that slavery was legitimate under British law, 1729.
CS: 21. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 696] £180.00