Thomas Erskine Erskine, 1750-1823 – Historic Print
![Thomas Erskine Erskine, 1750-1823, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3a8d4d1bdc04-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique engraving of Thomas Erskine Erskine, 1750-1823 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Thomas Erskine Erskine, 1750-1823
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This engraving portrays Thomas Erskine, the Scottish-born barrister who later became 1st Baron Erskine. He rose to prominence as one of the most celebrated courtroom advocates of his day, and in 1792 he defended Thomas Paine against a charge of seditious libel over *The Rights of Man*. Erskine went on to serve as Lord Chancellor in 1806 and 1807. The caption card does not record a date for this print, so it is best understood as a later record of a figure whose public career spanned the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 909 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155499 |
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