2-703-972 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Bacon. (From a remarkably scarce Print.)', 1897. English philosopher, scientist and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618. He is depicted here smoking a clay pipe. The Spanish introduced tobacco to Europe in the 1520s. From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]