Robert Dighton Etching The Specious Orator Portrait Of The Auctioneer James Christie 1794 James Ward 5 cms to mounted oval

5 cms to mounted oval

They symbolized the abundance of the land

Some general timestaining and marking

Finally announcing to her disbelieving shipmates that she was in fact a woman

Robert Dighton Etching The Specious Orator Portrait Of The Auctioneer James Christie 1794 James Ward 5 cms to mounted ovalRobert Dighton 1752 1814. Hand coloured etching. "The Specious Orator. Will your Ladyship do me the honor to say 50,000 a mere trifle a brilliant of the first water. An unheard of price for such a lot, surely." Portrait of The Auctioneer James Christie. 1794 laid on card 15 by 20. 5 cms. Pl. James Christie (17301803) was a Scottish auctioneer who founded the auction house Christie's.