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George III 1738-1820 King of England

George III was king of Great Britain and king of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820
Artist: Reynolds
Date:1813
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00

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Tobias George Smollett 1721-1771

Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, which influenced later novelists including Charles Dickens
Artist: T.Cook
Date:
Size 9.5 x 15 cms
Price £28.00

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Maria Ann Campion 1775-1803

Maria Ann Campion was a popular Irish actress and the second wife of Alexander Pope the actor. She was born in Waterford, Ireland and died in London on 18 June 1803, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Artist: Pope
Date:1798
Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658

Oliver Cromwell was an 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.
Size 8 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

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Laurence Sterne 1713-1768

Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics.
Artist: Renolds
Date:
Size 8 x 11 cms
Price £14.00

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Sir Richard Steele 1672-1729

Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator
Artist: R.Cooper
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Size 9 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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James Foster 1697-1753

Baptist minister known for the Exeter Controversy,
Artist: T.Kitchin
Date:
Size 10 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

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Hannah More 1745-1833

English religious writer and philanthropist, remembered as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical philanthropist
Artist: E.Bird
Date:
Size 11 x 14 cms
Price £28.00

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William Hogarth 1697-1764

English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist.
Artist: Carl Mayer
Date:
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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John Milton 1608-1674 poet

John Milton was an English poet and intellectual, who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse
Size 16 x 15 cms
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