British lawyer and Tory politician (1731-1806)

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A deputation of dissolute surgeons to the Lord Chancellor. Coloured etching by G.M. Woodward, 1797.

William Pitt the younger and his ministers as anatomists dissecting the body of the Prince of Wales; representing Pitt's reduction of the powers of the regent. Coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1788/1789.

Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.

A letter to the Bishop of London. Containing a charge of fornication against Edward, Lord Thurlow, lord high chancellor of England, with his Lordship's de bene esse defence / By Cassandra.

King George III of the United Kingdom. Etching by W. Lowry, 1817, after M.C. Wyatt.

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Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806

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King George III of the United Kingdom. Etching by W. Lowry, 1817, after M.C. Wyatt.