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Eulogium on the late Duke of Bedford / delivered by Mr. Fox, in the House of Commons, on the sixteenth of March, 1802, previously to his moving a new writ for the borough of Tavistock, vacant by the succession of Lord John Russell, to the title.

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Charles James Fox
1749-1806

Eulogium on the late Duke of Bedford / delivered by Mr. Fox, in the House of Commons, on the sixteenth of March, 1802, previously to his moving a new writ for the borough of Tavistock, vacant by the succession of Lord John Russell, to the title.

Published

London : Published, as the act directs, by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, No. 53, Fleet-street, 22nd March, 1802.

illustration (hand colored etching)
52 cm
Peel 1859
Notes
Caption title.
Letterpress broadside with text printed in four columns and an etched protrait of the Duke of Bedford at head of sheet.
Etched portrait, hand colored, with caption title and imprint reading: The Most Noble Francis Russell, late Duke of Bedford. / An honest Man's the Noblest Work of God. / Pope. / Published 22nd. March, 1802, by Laurie & Whittle, Fleet Street, London.; signed: Engraved by Robt. Laurie, from a sketch by Eckstein; plate mark measures: 140 x 125 mm. See: British Museum number 1867,1214.594; O'Donoghue, Freeman; Hake, Henry M, Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 1908-25 1.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Associated names
Wright, John, -1807, printer.
Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, etcher.
Eckstein, John, -approximately 1838, artist.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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Department