Henry Pelham, Prime Minister
Henry Pelham, Prime Minister, wax portrait, circa 1750, Isaac Gosset, bare head bust profile right, rev. inscribed on the reverse by the artist, Mr. Pelham/ Chancellor of the Exchequer, 177 x 148 mm. Unrecorded in Pyke. Minor restoration, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare. £Sold
Henry Pelham, (1694- 1754). Whig politician and Prime Minister.In early life a supporter of Walpole.The DNB records that"His Parliamentary influence was chiefly maintained by an elaborate system of corruption"
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