Portrait Engraving, Marquis Richard Wellesley

(1760-1842) Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. Governor General of India 1798-1805. Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Original 1829 dated engraved portrait. Executed by Sir Thos. Lawrence, R.A. Published by Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1829. Tipped to 6 x 9 1/4 album page. With large printed signature below the portrait. Very fine condition.
 

Portrait, The Honorable Charles James Fox

(1749-1806) A prominent British Whig statesman. He was the arch rival of William Pitt the Younger. He was known as a forceful and eloquent speaker while a prominent member of the House of Commons. During the American Revolution his opinions in Parliament were some of the most radical. He became a staunch opponent of King George III, whom he regarded as a tyrant, and consequently supported the revolutionaries in America, even dressing up in the colors of George Washington's army. Served as Britain's first Foreign Secretary.

Original...  

Portrait, William the Conqueror

(1028-87) Also known as William I, the first Norman King of England, 1066-87. He suffered fatal injuries when he fell from his horse after burning the town of Mantes, just west of Paris in 1087.

Authentic, original engraved portrait, with numerous vignettes, circa 1800's. Tipped to 6 x 9 1/4, album page. Excellent.  

Alamance, The First Battle of the Revolution

10 x 6 1/2, print. Copyright 1896, executed from the drawing by J. Steeple Davis.

The Battle of Alamance was fought on May 16, 1771, near Alamance Creek, about 8 miles south of present day Burlington, North Carolina. It is considered by historians to be the first battle of the American Revolution.

Harriet Martineau

(1802-76) Author, pioneering feminist, social theorist, and abolitionist. Born in Norwich, England, she became an enormously popular author despite the handicap of being deaf since childhood. She began her literary career by writing articles on religious subjects, and her fame spread with Illustrations of Political Economy (9 vol., 1832–34) and Illustrations of Taxation (1834), two series of stories interpreting classical economics. After a two year visit to the United States, 1834-36, where she made lasting friendships with the anti-slavery factions in...  

Governor General of British India, Warren Hastings

(1732–1818) First governor-general of British India. Employed (1750) as a clerk by the East India Company, he soon became manager of a trading post in Bengal. When Calcutta was captured (1756) by Siraj-ud-Daula, Hastings was taken prisoner but soon released. After the British recapture (1757) of the city, he was made British resident at Murshidabad. Good service there brought appointment to the Calcutta council (1761), but he returned to England (1764) disgusted with administrative corruption in Bengal. Hastings went back (1769) to India as a member of...  

British Prime Minister, William Pitt

(1759-1806) Known as William Pitt, The Younger. Son of William Pitt, The Elder, Earl of Chatham. Educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. Became a Member of Parliament in 1781. He proved himself a talented speaker, and used this talent to join with Whig politician Charles Fox in calling for peace with the American Colonies. He became Prime Minister at the age of 24, the youngest ever to hold that position, serving in that capacity for almost 19 years, one of the longest terms in British history. In 1804, when Napoleon was threatening invasion, Pitt formed an...  

Sir John Lubbock, The 1st Lord and Baron Avebury

(1834-1913) English banker, statesman and naturalist, he was educated at Eton College. Served as a member of Parliament where he introduced numerous reform bills including the Bank Holidays Act of 1871 and the Ancient Monuments Act of 1882. His work "Prehistoric Times," published in 1865, was printed in several languages and long used as a text book on the subject. It was probably the most influential archaeological book of the 19th century. He was elected the 1st President of the Institute of Bankers in 1879; was president of the London...  

Reverend Sydney Smith

(1771-1845) English clergyman and writer who was ordained in the Church of England in 1794. One of the founders of the Edinburg Review in 1802. He became a very well known figure in literary society.

1800's portrait engraving. Engraved by A.B. Walter. 6 x 9 1/4. Very fine.

Philosopher, Victor Cousin

(1792-1867) French educational leader and philosopher. He was named to the council of public instruction and Councillor of State in 1830. In 1832, he was bestowed Peer of France, and in 1840 he accepted the position of Minister of Public Instruction, making him the national arbiter of education and philosophical matters.

Wet plate albumen photograph, 2 x 3 1/2, mounted to 6 x 9 1/2 album page. Excellent 2/3 seated view.

Chemist, Justus von Liebig

(1803-73) German chemist. He made many important contributions to the early systematization of organic chemistry and to biochemistry, chemical education, and agricultural chemistry. He was the first to demonstrate the existence of free radicals and did much to clarify the properties of acids. He developed simple analytical methods that greatly aided his work, analyzed many tissues and body fluids, and showed that plants use carbon dioxide, water, and ammonia. In later years his reputation became so great that he was regarded as the final authority in...  

Landing of the Norsemen

Print, executed from the original drawing by J. Steeple Davis. 10 1/4 x 6 1/4. Copyright 1895. Very fine.