Born into an illustrious House of Lorraine, she was the younger daughter of Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, and his wife, Princess Margherita Gonzaga. Her elder sister was Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine. Claude Françoise died in Vienna, aged 35, having given birth to twins, Marie Anne and Anne Marie. She was buried at the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers, Nancy, Lorraine.
Engraver Elias Wideman (active 1634-1666) Vienna
Size 17 x 13 cm
Price £24.00
Ref:3763/515
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar 1567-1626 referred to simply as Count Gondomar, was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat. He twice served as Spain’s ambassador to England and later held an informal but influential role as Spain’s leading expert on English affairs, a position he maintained until his death
Published by William Richardson, after Simon de Passe
Size 14 x 12 cm
Price £28.00
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François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt (14 October 1733–21 July 1798), a Walloon, joined the army of the Habsburg monarchy and soon fought in the Seven Years’ War. Later in his military career, he led Austrian troops in the Austro-Turkish War. During the French Revolutionary Wars, he saw extensive fighting and rose to the rank of Field Marshal.
after Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
Size 12 x 8 cm
Price £14.00
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Son of James Averell, Jr. and Marcy Holt Averell. He was born in Cooperstown, New York in 1794. As a young man, he assisted with his father’s store and tannery business. He was prepared for more advanced studies at the Fairfield Academy in Connecticut. Averell eventually received his A.B. from Union College in 1816 and then attended the Litchfield Law School in 1817. He married Jane Russell in 1829 at Claverack, New York. She died only four years later in Cooperstown in 1833. Averell was more actively involved with business and banking than with legal practice during his lifetime. He was the director of the Otsego County Bank, which later became First National, from 1830 until his death in 1873.
Engraver: Samuel Sartain 1830-1906
Size 29 x 21 cm
Price £17.50
Ref:3757/515
Born Giulio di Giuliano de’ Medici was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed “the most unfortunate of the popes”, Clement VII’s reign was marked by a rapid succession of politics, military, and religious struggles—many long in the making—which had far-reaching consequences for Christianity and world politics.
After Titian engraved by Hinchliff
Size 18 x 11 cm
Price £14.00
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Antonio Barberini was an Italian Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, military leader, patron of the arts and a prominent member of the House of Barberini. As one of the cardinal-nephews of Pope Urban VIII and a supporter of France, he played a significant role in the papal conclaves of the 17th century.
After Robert Nanteuil 1623-1678
20 x 13 cm
Price £18.00
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The younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph, Maximilian was viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia until 1859. He was commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy and commissioned a number of buildings, most notably the castle at Miramare, which he never saw completed. Made Emperor of Mexico with the support of Napoleon III, he was taken prisoner in Querétaro by Republican forces and shot.
Engraver Adolf Neumann 1825-1884
19 x 12 cm
Price £18.00
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Sir Nathaniel Bacon, KB was an English painter, landowner and horticulturist from Culford, Suffolk
Engraving by T. Chambars after a self portrait
Size 28 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC was an English statesman and alleged spymaster noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule
J.Cochran after Federico Zuccaro 1833
Size 23 x 17 cms
Price £14.00
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Courtier to King Charles II and a benefactor of the University of Cambridge. He is remembered for creating the first fund for the purchase of books at the Cambridge University Library. He was an investor in, and Assistant of, the Royal African Company, an English mercantile company involved in the slave trade.
Engraving by W. N. Gardiner (after Kneller, 1682)
Size 24 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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