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William Holt Averell (1794-1873) of Cooperstown, New York

3757

Son of James Averell, Jr. and Marcy Holt Averell. He was born in Cooperstown, New York in 1794. As a young man, he assisted with his father’s store and tannery business. He was prepared for more advanced studies at the Fairfield Academy in Connecticut. Averell eventually received his A.B. from Union College in 1816 and then attended the Litchfield Law School in 1817.  He married Jane Russell in 1829 at Claverack, New York. She died only four years later in Cooperstown in 1833. Averell was more actively involved with business and banking than with legal practice during his lifetime. He was the director of the Otsego County Bank, which later became First National, from 1830 until his death in 1873. 

Engraver: Samuel Sartain 1830-1906 

Size 29 x 21 cm 

Price £17.50

Ref:3757/515

1188

Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey) 1537-1554

Protestant claimant to the throne. She was the granddaughter of Henry VIII’s sister Princess Mary, and in 1533 married Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland. Under Northumberland’s influence Edward VI willed her the crown. The sixteen-year old Jane was proclaimed queen at his death in 1533 and reigned for nine days until captured by supporters of Mary Tudor. She was executed 1554.

Subject gender: Female
Artist: H.T.Ryall

Size 28 x 18 cms

Price £22.00

Ref:1188x

1193

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517?-1547), Poet

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517?-1547), Poet

Courtier, soldier and poet at the court of Henry VIII. He was at one time suggested as a husband for Princess Mary (later Mary I). He introduced blank verse into England, and was responsible, along with Sir Thomas Wyatt, for bringing the sonnet form to this country from Italy. His personal vanity, ambition and powerful family connections led Henry VIII to regard him as a threat, and he was executed on a false charge of treason.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: J.Cochran

Size 28 x 18 cms

Price £18.00

STK.1193x

838

Albert I of Germany

Albert I of Habsburg 1255-1308 was King of the Romans and Duke of Austria, the eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and his first wife Gertrude of Hohenburg..
Subject gender: Male
Artist:

Size 28 x 17 cms

Price £28.00

 

Ref:838

840

Albert II of Austria 1298 -1358 Duke

Albert II was born at Habsburg Castle the son of Albert I of Germany, Rex Romanorum, and Elisabeth of Tirol. He became the joint ruler of all Habsburg lands with his younger brother, Otto the Merry in 1330, while increasing his possessions by the inheritance of his wife Joan, which was made up of the County of Pfirt and several cities.
Subject gender: Male
Artist:

Size 28 x 17 cms

Price £28.00

 

Ref:840

839

Philip IV the Fair King of France

Philip IV 1268-1314, called the Fair ,Philippe le Bel, was King of France from 1285 until his death. By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also, as Philip I, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1284 to 1305.
Subject gender: Male
Artist:

Size 29 x 18 cms

Price £28.00

 

Ref:839

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