Item is an electro-steel engraved image of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, born 1619 - died 1683, French politician and minister of finances under King Louis XIV. Engraved by W. Holl from the original by V. Mignard in the collection of the Institute of Paris.
The Earl of Aberdeen, Born August 3rd, 1847. Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, 1880. Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the church of Scotland, 1881-85. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, January to July, 1886. Appointed Governor General of Canada, 1893. Magazine illustration. Thomas S. Linscott.