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97 Works on Paper 268 A PASSPORT ISSUED TO NATHANIEL HONE BY THE FOREIGN OFFICE LONDON, dated April 4th 1881, the document is requested by Viscount George Granville Earl Granville and Baron Leveson, on Hone’s behalf stating ‘Request and require in the Name of Her Majesty, all those whom it may concern, to allow Nathaniel Hone (a British Subject) travelling the continent accompanied by his wife, to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford him every assistance and protection of which he may stand in need’. Signed by Nathaniel Hone and Viscount Granville After Hone’s seventeen years in France he returned to Ireland in 1872. Within a few months he married Magdalen Jameson of the wealthy, distilling family and they settled near Malahide. He continued to travel in this period, making several trips abroad to Greece, Asia Minor and Egypt. Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, (1815 - 1891), styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman from the Leveson- Gower family. In a political career spanning over 50 years, he was appointed on three occa- sions Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He successfully led the Liberal Party in the House of Lords for almost 30 years and he served as joint leader of the party between 1875 and 1880. € 200 - 300 266 O’HANLON, REDMOND The Surprising Life And Adventures of the Gentleman-Robber Red- mond O’Hanlon, generally called the Captain General of the Irish Robbers, Protector of the rights and properties of his Benefactors, and Redresser of the wrongs of the poor and distressed Glasgow, circa 1840. pp 24. Stitched, 9.2 x 15.3 cm. Engraving vignette of St. George and the Dragon on title page. Fine. € 100 - 200 267 STATE LOTTERY ENGRAVED RECEIPT FOR THE DUBLIN LOTTERY ANNO 1753 18 x 7.5cm “Fifty Days after the Drawing of the State Lottery now depending, is finished, the Bearer hereof in case it be drawn a Prize, will be entitled to the Prize arising to the same Number in the said Lottery ... For building the new Hospital in Great- Britain-street for poor lying-in women.” With signatures. Framed and glazed. € 250 - 350