Item #51-2802 The Right Honorable James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont of the Kingdom of Ireland, Head of the Volunteers [and] The Right Honorable Henry Fox, Lord Holland. William Hogarth, After., Joseph Haynes, 1760–1829.

The Right Honorable James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont of the Kingdom of Ireland, Head of the Volunteers [and] The Right Honorable Henry Fox, Lord Holland

London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, circa 1821. Two engravings on one sheet. 63 x 48 cm.

James Caulfield 4th Viscount and since 1763 1st Earl of Charlemont, (1728-1799), son of James Viscount Charlemont, became commander in chief of the Irish Volunteers in 1780. Equally important, however, as collector of paintings, sculptures, and books of which he sent home a large number already during his Grand Tour 1746-55, and patron of the arts. In 1785 he became first president of the Royal Irish Academy.
Impression on strong paper from the plate retouched by the royal engraver James Heath (1757 London 1834) about 1822. Item #51-2802

Price: $125.00

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