Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Electress of Hanover from 11 June 1727 until her death in 1737 as the wife of King George II.
Artist: G.Kneller
Date:
Size 14.5 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
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John Landcaster 1778-1838 educationalist
English Quaker and public education innovator. He developed, and propagated on the grounds both of economy and efficacy, a monitorial system of primary education. In the first decades of the 19th century his ideas found application in new schools established in growing industrial centres.
Size 11 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
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Lady Margaret Beaufort 1443-1509
Lady Margaret Beaufort was the mother of King Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and an influential matriarch of the House of Tudor
Size 9 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
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Frederick Louis, prince of Wales 1707-1751
Frederick, Prince of Wales KG was the eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen Caroline. Frederick was the father of King George III.
Size 8.5 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00
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Frederick William Beechey 1796-1856
Rear-Admiral Frederick William Beechey FRS was an English naval officer, artist, explorer, hydrographer and writer.
Size 8 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
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George II as Prince of Wales. 1683-1760
George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death in 1760. Born and brought up in northern Germany, George is the most recent British monarch born outside Great Britain
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:888
Samuel Johnson 1709-1784
Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. He was a devout Anglican. Politically, he was a committed Tory
Artist: J.Bacon(statuary)
Date:
Size 10 x 19 cms
Price £14.00
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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
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George Buchanan 1506-1583
George Buchanan was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was “the most profound intellectual sixteenth century Scotland produced.” His ideology of resistance to royal usurpation gained widespread acceptance during the Scottish Reformation
Artist: Poubus
Date:
Size 105 x 13 cms
Price £38.00
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Edward Jenner 1749-1823
Edward Jenner, FRS FRCPE was an English physician who was a contributor of the smallpox vaccine. The practice was popularized by Jenner and was hence used ubiquitously until now to prevent several diseases.
Artist: Fontaine
Date:
Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
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