Guliemus Dolben (William Dolben)

£130.00

John Smith after Sir Godfrey Kneller Guliemus Dolben (William Dolben) Published 1709 Mezzotint 350 x 250mm

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Handsome half length portrait of a young man in a full bottomed wig, in printed oval border with Latin titles. William Dolben was the son of John Dolben, MP for Liskeard, who brought up the impeachment against Sacheverell, and who was the younger son of Dr John Dolben, Archbishop of York. He died in 1709, aged only twenty, pre-deceasing his father by a year.