English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim’s Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons. Bunyan came from the village of Elstow, near Bedford
Size 13 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1400
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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English Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason, he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn.
Size 16 x 23 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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Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their marriage, and her execution by beheading, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation.
Artist: Holbein
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Size 12 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1394
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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British Army officer who served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years’ War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île and Cuba.
Artist: Mansfield
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Size 10 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, PC, of Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, Petworth House in Sussex, and of Egremont House in Mayfair, London, was a British statesman who served as Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1761-63
Size 14 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Lord Protector of England during part of the Tudor period from 1547 until 1549 during the minority of his nephew, King Edward VI. Despite his popularity with the common people, his policies often angered the gentry and he was overthrown.
Size 8 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
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Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics.
Artist: Vertielst
Date:
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1389