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Hugh Blair 1718-1800

Hugh Blair FRSE was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse.
Artist: Raeburn
Date:1836
Size 18 x 21 cms
Price £28.00

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Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658

English military and political leader. He served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland “and of the dominions thereto belonging” from 1653 until his death, acting simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republic.
Artist: Pobuda
Date:
Size 11 x 9 cms
Price £14.00

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Oliver Goldsmith 1728-1774 author

Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village, and his plays The Good-Natur’d Man and She Stoops to Conquer. He is thought to have written the classic children’s tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes.
Size 16 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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Sir John Norris or Norreys 1547-1597

Sir John Norris or Norreys, of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and of Yattendon and Notley in Berkshire, was an English soldier, the son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth.
Artist: Zucchero
Date:
Size 14 x 21 cms
Price £28.00

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George Osbaldeston 1786-1866

George Osbaldeston, best known as Squire Osbaldeston, was an English politician who served as a Member of Parliament but who had his greatest impact as a sportsman and first-class cricketer.
Artist: Woodhouse
Date:
Size 13 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

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John Law of Lauriston 1671-1729

John Law was a Scottish economist who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself and that national wealth depended on trade. He was appointed Controller General of Finances of France under the Duke of Orleans, who served as regent for the youthful king, Louis XV.
Size 10 x 11 cms
Price £14.00

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