{"product_id":"rare-set-of-four-prints-from-memoirs-of-the-life-of-the-late-john-mytton-esq-framed-together-copy","title":"Rare Set of Four Prints from Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq Framed Together Series2","description":"\u003cdiv data-sgnd=\"Signed by this author\" data-first=\"First editions by this author\" id=\"collectible-ref\"\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 147 (plate 1). Mytton Swims the Severn at Uppington Ferry,  page 158 (plate2). A Squire trap, by Jove!, page 146 (plate 3). Well done, Neck or Nothing, page 143 (plate 4). A h-ll of a row in a hell.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"This 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":52080494477632,"sku":"107449","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","provider":"Penhollows","version":"1.0","type":"link"}