Prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician.
Artist: Rubens
Date:
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1280
Sir Christopher Hatton 1540-1591 lord-chancellor, gentleman-commoner, St.Marys Hall Oxford
Subject nationality: English
Subject gender: Male
Artist: W.H.Mote
Date:
Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1279
Sir Christopher Hatton 1540-1591
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
Date:
Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1278
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 1650-1722
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC, was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs.
Artist: L.Buchhorn
Date:
Size 8 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1277
Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658
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
Date:
Size 8 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1276
Thomas Gray 1716-1771
English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. Gray was an extremely self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular
Artist: Cook
Date:
Size 8 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1275
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke 1678-1751
English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his antireligious views and opposition to theology.
Artist: G.Zumpe
Date:
Size 8 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1274
George Anson Baron Anson 1697-1762
Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS was a Royal Navy officer. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
Artist: Bollinger
Date:
Size 9 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1273
Mungo Park 1771-1806 African Explorer
Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river.
Artist: Bollinger
Date:
Size 9 x 10 cms
Price £9.50
Ref:1272
Albertus II, Holy Roman emperor 1397-1439
Albert the Magnanimous KG was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1437 until his death and member of the House of Habsburg. He was also King of Bohemia, elected King of Germany as Albert II, Duke of Luxembourg and, as Albert V, Archduke of Austria from 1404.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1433