Nathan Solomon, A Lame Duck
Nathan Solomon, A Lame Duck, coloured mezzotint , circa 1783, by Bowles and Carver, Nathan Solomon facing left with walking cane and documents under his arm headed Bank Stock Account, A LAME DUCK. rev. PRINTED FOR & SOLD BY BOWLES AND CARVER/ NO. 69. ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON/ 397. 160 x 210 mm, contained in later black frame. Good very fine. £300.00
On the 12th October 1783 Nathan Solomon, Junior, "the great Jew broker" sent a letter to the Stock Exchange declaring himself a "lame duck"- insolvent on account of a deal that he had conducted at the time of the Peace of Paris which had been signed a month earlier.
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