Accession number
PML 145850.67
Published
[England] : [publisher not identified], [1715?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved illustration created for the Duke of Buckingham's "An account of a conference, between His Grace George, Duke of Buckingham, and Father Fitzgerald an Irish priest", first published in 1705; this plate possibly removed from a copy of the 1715 illustrated edition of the Duke of Buckingham's collected works, published in London by Samuel Briscoe.
Mounted as item 67 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Mounted as item 67 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 175 x 104 mm; plate mark: 184 x 113 mm; trimmed sheet: 189 x 116 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Captioned in ink at foot: The conference between ye Duke of Buckingm Father [text struck out and illegible] Long John.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Engraving shows the Duke of Buckingham seated beside a table, facing right, with Father Fitzgerald seated across from him; the Duke is addressing his servant Long John, who stands before him at right.
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