Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator
Artist: R.Cooper
Date:
Size 9 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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Laurence Sterne 1713-1768
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: Renolds
Date:
Size 8 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1372
Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658
Oliver Cromwell was an 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.
Size 8 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
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Maria Ann Campion 1775-1803
Maria Ann Campion was a popular Irish actress and the second wife of Alexander Pope the actor. She was born in Waterford, Ireland and died in London on 18 June 1803, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Artist: Pope
Date:1798
Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
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Tobias George Smollett 1721-1771
Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, which influenced later novelists including Charles Dickens
Artist: T.Cook
Date:
Size 9.5 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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George III 1738-1820 King of England
George III was king of Great Britain and king of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820
Artist: Reynolds
Date:1813
Size 10 x 15 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 11 cms
Price £14.00
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford 1676-1745
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, PC, known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British politician who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain
Size 8.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
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George Osbaldeston 1786-1866
George Osbaldeston, best known as Squire Osbaldeston, was an English politician who served as a Member of Parliament but who had his greatest impact as a sportsman and first-class cricketer.
Artist: Woodhouse
Date:
Size 13 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1362
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux 1778-1868
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, PC, QC, FRS was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor and played a prominent role in passing the 1832 Reform Act and 1833 Slavery Abolition Act
Artist: Ponicke
Date:
Size 15 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
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