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Sir William Jones 1746-1794

Anglo-Welsh philologist, a puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, and a scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among European and Indian languages
Artist: Reynolds
Date:
Size 10 x 10 cms
Price £14.00

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Sir Thomas Bromley 1530-1587

16th-century lawyer, judge and politician who established himself in the mid-Tudor period and rose to prominence during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was successively Solicitor General and Lord Chancellor of England.
Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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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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Lady Margaret Beaufort 1443-1509

Lady Margaret Beaufort was the mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and an influential matriarch of the House of Tudor
Size 9 x 11 cms
Price £14.00

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Thomas Gray 1716-1771

English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. Gray was an extremely self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular
Artist: Cook
Date:
Size 8 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

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Thomas Chatterton 1752-1770

English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Although fatherless and raised in poverty, he was an exceptionally studious child, publishing mature work by the age of 11.
Size 9 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

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William Shakespeare 1564-1616

English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”.
Artist: H. Wright Smith
Date:
Size 11 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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1375

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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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 14 cms
Price £28.00

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Sir Francis Vere 1560-1609

English soldier, famed for his successful military career in the Low Countries
Size 10 x 11 cms
Price £14.00

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