James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 – 23 January 1570) was a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of James V of Scotland. At times a supporter of his half-sister Mary, Queen of Scots, he was the regent of Scotland for his half-nephew, the infant James VI, from 1567 until his assassination in 1570. He was the first head of government to be assassinated with a firearm.
Engraved by John Shury (fl. c. 1801 – 1848)
Size 20 x 13 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3759/515
Richard Baxter was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as “the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen
After John Riley (1646-1691)
Size 29 x 24 cms
Price £16.00
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Church of England clergyman and writer on field sports, was born in Colchester, the son of William Daniel. Little is known about his early life except that he was educated at Felsted and that his father was an attorney. In 1771 he went to Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he obtained a BA in 1787 and an MA three years later. He was ordained deacon at Lincoln in December 1785 and priest at Gloucester on 12 March 1786, although he was never beneficed. In 1788 he was appointed private chaplain to the prince regent, a position he is believed to have retained until his retirement.
After Engleheart
Size 26 x 18 cms
Price £12.00
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Nathaniel Brassey Halhed was an English Orientalist and philologist. Halhad was born at Westminster, and was educated at Harrow School, where he began a close friendship with Richard Brinsley Sheridan. was member of parliament for Lymington, Hants.
Engraved by White, published by Benjamin Crosby, after Isaac Cruikshank 1795
Size 8 x 7 cms
Price £12.00
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Robert Ainslie was a Scottish lawyer, and one of Robert Burns’s long-term friends from his Edinburgh days. He was probably the closest confidant of Burns, whom he met first at a Masonic or Crochallan Fencibles event. Ainslie accompanied the poet on the first part of his Border Tour.
Artist J.Cochran
Size 27 x 21 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3740
Opera Soprano ?
Artist/Engraver August Weger 1823-1892 Leipzig
Size 29 x 20cms
Price £14.00
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Artist John Jackson (1778 – 1831)
Published for The Wesleyan Methodist Magazine 1830
Size 21 x 13 cms
Price £12.00
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Artist John Jackson (1778 – 1831)
Published for The Wesleyan Methodist Magazine 1830
Size 21 x 13 cms
Price £12.00
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Artist Crossthwaite Engraver Thomson
Published for The Wesleyan Methodist Magazine 1830
Size 21 x 13 cms
Price £12.00
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Wilson Barrett was an English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever because of his success with melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King at the Princess’s Theatre of London
Wilson Barrett as Marcus Superbus in The Sign of the Cross at Lyric Theater, photo W & D Downey Photographers. Sepia tone photography. London, England, 1896.
Size 48 x 35 cms
Price £48.00
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