Edmund Burke

James Watson after Joshua Reynolds

Edmund Burke

London, Robert Sayer May 1^st 1771

Mezzotint

380x 280 mm

£150

Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish politician and philosopher who is regarded as the founder of the cultural and political philosophy of conservatism. Regarded as one of the most influential conservative thinkers and political writers of the 18th century, Burke spent the majority of his career in Great Britain and was elected as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1766 to 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party. His writings played a crucial role in influencing public views and opinions in both Britain and France following the 1789 French Revolution, and he remains a major figure in modern conservative political circles.