A portrait of Charles Lyttelton (1714-68), barrister, Bishop of Carlisle and President of the Society of Antiquaries 1765. He is seated three quarter length, in a carved armchair, wearing his episcopal robes with huge voluminous lawn sleeves, and with an open book on his lap. In the background is a draped, tasselled curtain. In 1738 Lyttelton entered the Middle Temple as a barrister, but in 1742 he abandoned the law and was ordained. Known as a polymath, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743, Bishop of Exeter, then Bishop of Carlisle and President of the Society of Antiquaries in 1765.
Reverendus Admodum Carolus Lyttelton Nuper Episcopus Carliolensis et Societas Antiquariorum Præfes. Honoris & Gratitudinis Ergo Voluit Soc. Ant. Lond. 1770.
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James Watson after Francis Cotes Reverendus Admodum Carolus Lyttelton Nuper Episcopus Carliolensis et Societas Antiquariorum Præfes. Honoris & Gratitudinis Ergo Voluit Soc. Ant. Lond. 1770. London, J. Watson 1770 Mezzotint 390x280mm Four small wormholes, affecting bottom left corner and title area, Trimmed on platemark and remargined
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4813
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