Item is a electro-steel engraved full length portrait published by Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers, New York of Jacob Brown, American Officer during the War of 1812; Born 1775- died 1828. From the Original Painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. Entered according to the act of Congress A.D. 1862 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of New York.
Item is an electro-steel engraving by A. Cook by special permission from the original painting in his lordships possession, published by John Dowding (Newgate Street, London), of John George Lambton Durham, born 1792 and died 1840, was a British politician elected to the Commons in 1813 and elevated to the Lords in 1828. He was a significant part of the Reform Bill of 1832 but retired in 1833 before becoming ambassador to Russia 1835 to 1837. In 1838 he went to Lower Canada to research the causes of the twin rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada and published his Report on the Affairs of British North America in 1839.
Item is a half-tone magazine print of Wyatt Eaton, born 1849 and died 1896, from a pencil sketch by himself. American portrait and figure painter remembered as one of the founders of the Society of American Artists.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, born 1739 and died 1767, the younger brother of King George III of the United Kingdom.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Johnathan Edwards, born 1703 and died 1758, a revivalist preacher, congregationalist protestant theologian, and philosopher. He was a puritan who's colonial followers called themselve 'New Lights" after the Great Awakening. he played a critical role in the First Great Awakening and revived churches in Massachusetts.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Elizabeth Stuart, wife of Frederick V and briefly the Queen of Bohemia (refers to the Czech Kingdom), daughter of James VI and I of King of the Scots, England, and Ireland, born 1596 and died 1662.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Elizabeth Stuart, wife of Frederick V and briefly the Queen of Bohemia (refers to the Czech Kingdom), daughter of James VI and I of King of the Scots, England, and Ireland, born 1596 and died 1662. Engraved by W. Holl. Published by William Mackenzie (London, Edinburgh & Glasgow).
Item is a half-tone magazine print of a drawing of Edward Ellice, born 1783 and died 1863, British Member of Parliament 1818-1826, Secretary to the Treasury and a whip in Lord Grey's government 1830-1832, Secretary at War 1832-1834, appointed a Privy Council in 1833, and the director of the Hudson's Bay Comapny who along with two others united the HBC and the North West Company in 1821.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Bernardino de Escalante, born around 1537 and died after 1605, a Spanish soldier, priest, geographer, and writer. He is best known as the author of the second book on China published in Europe and the first author to obtain wide circulation in Portugal.