{"product_id":"rare-set-of-four-prints-from-memoirs-of-the-life-of-the-late-john-mytton-esq-framed-together-copy-1","title":"Rare Set of Four Prints from Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq Framed Together Series 3","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"collectible-ref\" data-first=\"First editions by this author\" data-sgnd=\"Signed by this author\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"publisher muted\"\u003ePublished by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"book-publisher\"\u003eLondon: Rudolph Ackermann, 1851\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrations by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-colored aquatint plates. The Plates from: \u003cem\u003epage 35 (plate 1). What! Never upset in a gig?, page 39 (plate 2). The Meet with Lord Derby's Stag Hounds, page 36 (plate 3). I wonder whether he is a good timber jumper!., page 159 (plate 4).Now for the honour of Stropshire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a work of fiction, for John Mytton, a rather inglorious character for a biography, was a hard-living, hard-drinking country squire of Halston, Shropshire, capable of the utmost physical endurance, and ready to accept any wager to walk, shoot or ride against any man. Many of his feats are recorded and graphically delineated, including the climax of his folly in setting his nightshirt on fire to cure a hiccough (Martin Hardie).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTooley 68. Schwerdt 1, p. 39. Abbey, Life, 385 (2d ed.). Martin Hardie, pp. 185-186. Prideaux, p. 326.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn \"Mad Jack\" Mytton (30 September 1796 – 29 March 1834) was a British eccentric and rake of the Regency period who was briefly a Tory Member of Parliament.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Army Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52082068226368,"sku":"107450","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.penhollows.com\/products\/rare-set-of-four-prints-from-memoirs-of-the-life-of-the-late-john-mytton-esq-framed-together-copy-1","provider":"Penhollows","version":"1.0","type":"link"}