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Engraved Portrait of Lord Rolle Half-Length, seated to left, in octagonal frame, after Cruikshank by H.T. Ryall.
JOHN ROLLE, 1st Baron Rolle [1751-1842] Politician M.P. for Devo

  • Engraved Portrait of Lord Rolle Half-Length, seated to left, in octagonal frame, after Cruikshank by H.T. Ryall.

Stipple engraving, from Ryall's Portraits of Eminent Conservative Statesmen,

Rolle was the largest landowner in Devon. He was a slave owner, and at emancipation he presented his estate on the island of Exuma in the Bahamas in perpetuity to his freed slaves, whose descendants still lived in what became known as Rolleville as late as the 1920s.

Stipple engraving, from Ryall's Portraits of Eminent Conservative Statesmen,

Rolle was the largest landowner in Devon. He was a slave owner, and at emancipation he presented his estate on the island of Exuma in the Bahamas in perpetuity to his freed slaves, whose descendants still lived in what became known as Rolleville as late as the 1920s.

Condition crease on left margin,
Publication Dawe & Gowar, [1844]. 14in x 10in Sheet size
  • Product Code: RGW26829
  • Availability: In Stock
  • £20.00