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John Wesley 1703-1791

English cleric, theologian and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day.
Artist: C.Goodman
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Size 10 x 14 cms
Price £28.00

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Sir John Fortescue 1394-1479

Sir John Fortescue of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, was Chief Justice of the King’s Bench and was the author of De Laudibus Legum Angliae, first published posthumously circa 1543, an influential treatise on English law.
Artist: T.Cook
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Size 12 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

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Samuel Johnson 1709-1784

Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. He was a devout Anglican. Politically, he was a committed Tory
Artist: J.Bacon(statuary)
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Size 10 x 19 cms
Price £14.00

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Joseph Addison 1672-1719

English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.
Artist: J.Thomson
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Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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Joseph Addison 1672-1719

English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.
Artist: Bolt after Kneller
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Size 7 x 9 cms
Price £14.00

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William Pitt 1759-1806 (the Younger)

British Tory statesman of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 at the age of 24 and the first UK Prime Minister in January 1801
Artist: Rosmaesler
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Size 9 x 11 cms
Price £14.00

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Albertus II, Holy Roman emperor 1397-1439

Albert the Magnanimous KG was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1437 until his death and member of the House of Habsburg. He was also King of Bohemia, elected King of Germany as Albert II, Duke of Luxembourg and, as Albert V, Archduke of Austria from 1404.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

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Mungo Park 1771-1806 African Explorer

Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river.
Artist: Bollinger
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Size 9 x 10 cms
Price £9.50

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1273

George Anson Baron Anson 1697-1762

Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS was a Royal Navy officer. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
Artist: Bollinger
Date:
Size 9 x 10 cms
Price £14.00

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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke 1678-1751

English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his antireligious views and opposition to theology.
Artist: G.Zumpe
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Size 8 x 10 cms
Price £14.00

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