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Letter to Sir William Pitt

  • CA ON00239 F52
  • Discrete Item
  • [ca. 1790]

Relates to Pitt's efforts to save 'the Wreck of the Crown for the amiable young prince'.

Stuart, John, 3rd Earl of Bute

George 1st.

Item shows a portrait of George I. of Great Britain (b. May 28, 1660, d. June 11, 1727). On top of the portrait the insignia. Below the portrait an other scene, which shows the King. Aside a cleric and probably a bourgeois with documents. Engraved by I. Heath. Published as the Act directs by T. Cadell and R. Baldwin March 1, 1790.

Poem by John Newton, 1791.

  • CA ON00239 F179
  • Discrete Item
  • 15 Dec. 1791

Poem written on the occassion of the death of his wife

Newton, John

Louis IX

Item is an oval, electro-steel engraved portrait of Louis IX; King of France (b.1214-d.1270). Engraved by J Jones and published by C. Lowndes October 29th, 1791.

La Chevaliere D'Eon

Item is a steel engraving of the "Chevalier d'Eon," an androgynous French diplomat and spy who presented as male or female at different times. Published on March 1, 1791 by I. Sewell, from an engraving by J. Conde.

Soame Jenyns Esq.

Item is back-matted, oval, electro-steel engraved potrait of Soames Jenyns Esq.; writer and politician (b.1704-d.1787). Engraved by W. Angus and drawn by sir Joshua Reynolds and published November 1st, 1791 by C .Forester.

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