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William Carnegie. Earl of Northesk, G.C.B.

Item is an image of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Carnegie, born 1758 - died 1831, British Navy admiral. Served in the Battle of Trafalgar. Engraved by Henry Cook from a painting by H. Patterson. Published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London).

William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle. OB 1676.

Item is an electro-steel engraved image of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, born 1592 - died 1676, English polymath, aristocrat, poet, equestrian, playwright, swordsman, politician, architect, diplomat, and soldier. Engraved by W.H. Mote from the original of Vandyke in the Collection of the Right Hon. The Earl Spencer.

William Caxton.

Item is an electro-steel engraved image of William Caxton, born 1422 - died 1490. He introduced the printing press in England in 1476 and was the first Englishman to work as a printer. He was the first English retailer of printed books.

William Cowper.

Item is an electro-steel engraving of William Cowper, born 1731 - died 1800. English poet and hymnodist. Engraved by S. Freeman. Published Arch. Fullarton & Co. (Glasgow).

William Cox. M.A.

Item is an electro-steel engraving of William Cox, born 1764 - died 1837, English solider, explorer, road builder, and pioneer in the early period of British settlement in Australia.

William Coxe. A.m. F.R.S.

Item is an electro-steel engraving of William Coxe, M.A. F.R.S., born 1748 - died 1828, English historian and priest. He served as a tutor to nobility between 1771-1786. Engraved by The Holloway. Published by J. Sewell (Cornhill).

William Cullen Bryant

Item ia a full-length seated portrait of William Cullen Bryant. Likeness from the latest photograph from life. Johnso, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York. Entered according to act of Congress AD. 1862 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of New York.

William Dean Howells

Item is an half-tone (magazine) porrait of William Dean Howells; author and journalist (b.1837). From the Book of the News monthly, June 1908..

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