Collection search - Lieut. Col. Cecil Bisshop

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: In the plate, l.c.: LIEUT. COLL. CECIL BISSHOPP,/who was wounded in Action at Niagara in America/and died July 16th 1813./What once he was, 'ere doom'd to bleed,/Thou in each good man's brow may'st read./Ah! graceful was the warrior's mien,/and pure the mind that dwelt within;/For virtue o'er his favor'd head/And every grace her virtue shed./Accustom'd to be pleas'd and please,/And crown'd with friendship, wealth, and ease,/Yet, from the polish'd paths of Life,/Speeding to share the glorious strife/When Britain call'd the great and brave/A desolated world to save,/In climes beyond th'Atlantic tide/He fought, he triumph'd, and he Died./Published & Sold March 1, 1814, by Edwd. Orme, Bond Street, corner of Brook Strt. London; lr.: Proof; c.r.: J. Godby sculpt.; c.l.: Huet Villers pinxt.