William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry.
Artist: Hall
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Size 16 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Edward Jenner, FRS FRCPE was an English physician who was a contributor of the smallpox vaccine. The practice was popularized by Jenner and was hence used ubiquitously until now to prevent several diseases.
Artist: Fontaine
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Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
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English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of those who found Mary, Queen of Scots, guilty of treason.
Artist: W.H.Mote
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Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
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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
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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
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Size 13 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
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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
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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
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Size 8 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
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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
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Duke of Newcastle, held major political office for nearly 4 decades, the ultimate insider of 18th-century British politics. He was both Secretary of State and First Lord of the Treasury.
Artist: Proud
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Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
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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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