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Admiral Sir George Ayscue 1616-1671

Sir George Ayscue was an English naval officer who served in the English Civil War and the Anglo-Dutch Wars who rose to the rank of Admiral of the White. He also served as Governor of Scilly Isles and Governor of Barbados.

Subject gender: Male
Artist: 1661

Size 22 x 16 cms

Price £38.00

Ref:846

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, KG of Lathom House in the parish of Lathom in Lancashire, was an English nobleman, politician, and supporter of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Before inheriting the title in 1642 he was known as Lord Strange.
Artist: Edward Scriven 1815, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck

Size 31 x 23 cms

Price £38.00

Ref3567

Alexander Pope 1688-1744

regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth century. He is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry—including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism—as well as for his translation of Homer.
Size 14 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1256

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Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon 1709-1786

British politician and diplomat from the Villiers family. Clarendon was the second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey, and his wife Judith Herne, daughter of Frederick Herne.
Artist: Hudson
Date:
Size 13 x 21 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1395

Francis Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater 1756-1829

Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, FRS, FSA, known as Francis Egerton until 1823, was a noted British eccentric from the Egerton family and supporter of natural theology.
Size 9 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1318

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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: Ridley
Date:
Size 8 x 10 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1276

Mary I, Queen of England 1516-1558

Mary Tudor (1516–58) was Queen Mary I from 1553 until her death. She was the first female ruler of England. The only child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Katharine of Aragon, she was almost immediately embroiled in European dynastic politics when, at the age of two, she was betrothed to the Dauphin of France. Nothing came of the engagement, and she spent much of her life as a spinster.
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:659

Sir Edward Coke 1552 – 1634

English barrister, judge, and politician who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras
Size 8 x 9.5 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1259

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