William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC, who after 1665 styled himself as Prince William Cavendish, was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron of the playwright Ben Jonson and the intellectual group known as the Welbeck Circle.
Engraver W.H.Mote
Size 25 x 18 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3742
Anatole France, pseudonym for Jacques Anatole Thibault was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters.
From a photo by E.O.Hope
Published by the Bookman 1914
Size 19 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
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Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë, was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell.
Photomechanical print by George Richmond. 1809-1896
Size 21 x 15 cms
Price £30.00
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George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
Photogravure by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by George G. Harrap & Company,
Printed by The Edinburgh Press 1913
Size 20 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3737/513
English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century
Size 17 x 13 cms
Price £28.00
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Karl Wenzeslaus Rodecker von Rotteck 1775-1840 German political activist, historian, politician and political scientist. He was a prominent advocate of freedom of the press and the abolition of compulsory labour.
Franz Sylvester Jordan (1792–1861) was a German politician and lawyer.
Carl Theodor Georg Philipp Welcker (29 March 1790 – 10 March 1869) was a German legal scholar, law professor, politician and journalist.
Size 21 x 26 cms
Ref:3735/513
Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following the death of his relative, Charles I
Size 14 x 17cms
Artist Müller, Gabriel
Price £28.00
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Daughter of author Sarah Chapone; wife of Daniel Sandford
Artist/Engraver by Joseph Brown, published by Richard Bentley, after Mary Delany (née Granville)
stipple engraving, published 1862
Size 22 x 14cms
Price £14.00
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer, née Reyer, a famous early female Austrian professional traveler who became an explorer, ethnographer, and travel writer; her bestselling journals were translated into seven languages .
Artist/Engraver August Weger 1823-1892 Leipzig
Size28 x 21cms
Price £16.00
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Czech-born American stage actress. Arrived in the United States in 1867 and first performed at the Academy of Music in New York City, on October 9, 1867, managed by Max Maretzek. She spoke no English, only German and often worked with all English speaking casts.
Artist/Engraver August Weger 1823-1892 Leipzig
Size28 x 20cms
Price £14.00
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