[Portrait of Ben Bradly] [graphic]Faber, John, 1695?-1756, printmakerpublished the 22 of April 1737.engPortrait, seated to front and smoking pipe, almost whole-length, his arms resting on chair-backs, bottle, glass and paper on table at right. According to the British Museum catalogue, Benjamin Bradly [sic] was a tobacconist, and an opponent of Robert Walpole's excise billTitle supplied by cataloguer.Text below image: Behold the Man, who when a gloomy Band, Of vile Excisemen threaten'd all the Land, Help'd to deliver from their Harpy Gripe, The chearfull Bottle and the Social Pipe, O rare Ben Bradly! may for This the Bowl, Still unexcis'd, rejoice thy honest Soul! May still the Best in Christendom for This, Heave to thy Stopper and compleat thy Bliss.A small crest showing Britannia smoking, centered between text below image.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.