A portrait of Thomas Morton
Black, red, and white chalk on brown paper
Signed lower right: Samuel Laurence
Together with a collection of original or early printed editions of plays by Thomas Morton (seven, including Speed the Plough, The School of Reform, and Town and Country), Thomas and John Maddison Morton jointly (two), John Maddison Morton (seventeen), and Edward Morton (two, one co-written with J.M. Morton)
50.5 x 35cm
Estimate $1,000 - $1,400
By descent within the Morton family to the vendors, great-granddaughters of Lt-General Boyce William Dunlop Morton (1830–1919)
This and the following lot have been consigned from an Australian branch of the Morton family, descended from Lt-General Boyce William Dunlop Morton (1830–1919), to whom these lots have passed.
Thomas Morton (1764–1838) was a successful English playwright whose thirty-years career through the late Georgian period produced many popular works including the best-known Speed the Plough.
Decorative Arts
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8826
6:00pm - 16 November 2026
Hawthorn
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Fri 13 - Sun 15 November, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
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