The Reluctant Goldsmith. Abraham Portal, 1726-1809
Details:
- Author(s) Portal, Christopher
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1993
- Pages 174pp; illus
- Publisher Mendip Publishing
- Place Published Castle Cary
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Sections include: His career; Origins as a Huguenot and in London; Later career as a silversmith; His plays etc; Friendship and influence of John Langhorne; Political opposition to Wilkes; Bankruptcy; H.is sons; His grandsons including in the wine trade. Includes family tree descending from Etienne and Lucrece Portal, m1632