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
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck was a German and Dutch Field Marshal and, for the last three years of his life, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
Size 5.5 x 9 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2871
Giulio Alberoni was an Italian cardinal and statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain. He is known also for being a remarkable soldier and great gourmet who advised the Spanish court on table manners and menus.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2863
Bracamonte was born in 1595 in Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Spain. He married his niece Maria de Bracamonte, daughter of his older brother Balthazar Emmanuel, and 3rd Countess of Peñaranda. They had one son, Gregory, 4th Count of Peñaranda, who died without legitimate heirs in 1689
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2834
Eleonora Gonzaga, was born Princess of Mantua as a member of the House of Gonzaga and by marriage Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2250
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675;
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:920
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Subject gender: Male
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Date:1559
Size 17.5 x 26.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:832
Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Maria Carolina of Austria and Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma.
Artist Martin Engelbrecht 1684-1756
Engraver: Christian Wilhelm Engelbrecht
Size 29 x 18 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3540
Ruled as regent of Russia from 1682 to 1689. She allied herself with a singularly capable courtier and politician, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, to install herself during the minority of her brother Ivan V and half-brother Peter I. She carried out her regency with a firm hand
Artist Henri Benner 1776-1836
Engraver: Alfred Johannot 1800-1837
Size 24 x 17 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3539
French officer under King Louis XIV and Minister of War,
in the background the burning of Heidelberg
Engraver Johann Friedrich (the Elder), 1668-1716
Size 20 x 15 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3538