Naturalist, patron of science and President of the Royal Society, 1778-1820. Banks sailed with Captain Cook to the Pacific on his first voyage aboard the Endeavour, 1768-71, and compiled a unique natural history collection. Banks held a position of great influence in the scientific world and he advised on ventures such as the Kew Botanic Gardens and the first British colonies in Australia.
Engraved by Wagstaff
Painted by Thomas Philips
Size 27 x 19 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3340
Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, KG, styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803, was a British politician.
Engraved by T.A.Dean 1847
Painted by Thomas Philips
Size 28 x 22 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3310
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, GCH, PC was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828.
Engraved by S.Freeman 1846
Painted by Thomas Lawrence
Size 28 x 22 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3312
George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster GCH PC FRS FRAS, was an English peer and Major General.
Engraved by W.H.Cooke 1846
Painted by James Atkinson
Size 28 x 22 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3316
He was the son of Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope and his wife, Katherine Wotton. He inherited the title of Earl of Chesterfield on the death of his grandfather in 1656. He was educated by Poliander, Professor of Divinity at Leyden (1640) and at the Prince of Orange’s College at Breda. In 1669 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws by the University of Oxford.
Artist/Engraver E.Bocquet after S.Harding 1808
Size 19 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3651
English poet and Tory politician of the late Stuart period who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. He was also known by his original title, Lord Mulgrave.
Artist/Engraver: Finden after Thurston 1822
Size 25 x 16 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3650
William Shakespeare was buried in 1616 in his home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon, but in 1740 a monument was placed to Shakespeare in Poets’ Corner Westminster Abbey, London
Artist: J.Bell British Library Strand Jan 12 1787
Date:
Size 7.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2873
William Draper Best 1st Baron Wynford
1767-1845
Engraved by F.Halpin
Drawn by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Published 1846
Size 13 x 9 inches with margins
Price £16.00
Ref:6144/49
1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
1630-1673
Engraved by Edward Scriven 1775-1841
Drawn by Sir Peter Lely
Published circa 1820
Size 12 x 8.1/2 inches with margins
Price £16.00
Ref:1355
King of Scots from 1460 until his death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at the siege of Roxburgh Castle. James III’s reign began with a minority that lasted almost a decade, during which Scotland was governed by a series of regents and factions who struggled for possession of the young king, before his personal rule began in 1469.
Artist/Engraver
Size 28 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3640