Letters from Dr Beattie to David Garrick and from Sir William Jones mb-code HU015872 There was an ongoing debate

There was an ongoing debate by a number of MPs to remodel the Upper House to allow for the introduction of a substantial number of life peers

In the left hand he holds a scroll of paper tied with a red ribbon

He was also a member of the Goldsmith's Company

The engine was used for driving the piles of the first Westminster Bridge in London which was built between 1739-1750

Letters from Dr Beattie to David Garrick and from Sir William Jones mb-code HU015872 There was an ongoing debateExtract of a letter from Dr Beattie to David Garrick and from Sir William Jones, 1771, (1840). Extract of a letter from Dr Beattie to Garrick, presenting his poem of The Minstrel. Part of a letter from Sir William Jones, on the study of English law. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).