Henry St John, Viscount of Bolingbroke, English politician and philosopher Size:S: 40 x 30cm The cat is let out

The cat is let out of the bag

View from the water

'Barbed Wire'

Plate taken from In The Forbidden Land (an account of a journey in Tibet

25th November 1750

Henry St John, Viscount of Bolingbroke, English politician and philosopher Size:S: 40 x 30cm The cat is let outHenry St John, Viscount of Bolingbroke, English politician and philosopher, 18th century (c1905). Bolingbroke was one of the intellectual leaders of the 'Country' party whose ideas on liberty and republicanism influenced the American revolution. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905). Original painting by Alexis Simon Belle which is housed in the National Portrait Gallery.