PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD DISGUISED AS BETTY BURKE
MEZZOTINT BY J. WILLIAMS
£750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
Portrait of Prince Charles in woman's dress and bonnet disguised as Betty Burke with 6 lines of verse below about his defeat and subsequent flight, 325 x 230mm., paper size: 422 x 285mm., on laid paper, indistinct watermark
Footnote
Note: Very rare mezotint, showing Bonnie Prince Charlie in disguise, after the Battle of Culloden.