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Ben Bradly, tobacconist. mezzotint portrait, 1737.
Ben Bradly, tobacconist. mezzotint portrait, 1737.
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Ben Bradly, tobacconist. "Behold the Man, who when a gloomy Band/ Of vile Excisemen threaten'd all the Land...", mezzotint portrait by John Faber Jr. after Arthur Pond, 35.5 x 25.3cm. (21 ¼ x 10in.), 8-line verse caption below, a good impression, thread margins, a few short neatly repaired tears at edges and some creasing at sides, 1737.⁂ Bradley (d.1751) was a leading protester against Walpole's bill to levy special excise duties on tobacco, defeated to general rejoicing in 1733. The small etched vignette in the title area is by Hogarth.
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Ben Bradly, tobacconist. mezzotint portrait, 1737.

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