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Image of Cape Macartney & Staunton’s Island / Cape Macartney & Cape Gower / View of the City of Ten-Tchoo-Foo from the Anchorage of the Hindostan in the Strait of Mi-a-Tau

Cape Macartney & Staunton’s Island / Cape Macartney & Cape Gower / View of the City of Ten-Tchoo-Foo from the Anchorage of the Hindostan in the Strait of Mi-a-Tau

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Image of Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816) politician

Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816) politician

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830)
Joseph Grozer (1755 - 1799)
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Alexander Denton (1679-1740) judge

Jonathan, Snr Richardson (1665 - 1745)
George Vertue (1684 - 1756)
Image of Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley (1842-1904) politican

Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley (1842-1904) politican

Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914)
Henry Scott Bridgewater (1864 - 1946)
Image of William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister

William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister

Gainsborough Dupont (c.1754 - 1797)
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Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (1779-1854) judge; Chief Justice of the King’s Bench

Eden Upton Eddis (1812 - 1901)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Image of George Canning (1770-1827) Prime Minister

George Canning (1770-1827) Prime Minister

Thomas Stewardson (1781 - 1859)
William Brett (c.1802 - 1827)
Image of I Wonder What My Heroes Think of the Space Race

I Wonder What My Heroes Think of the Space Race

Derek Boshier (1937 - 2024)
Image of John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873-1954) politician and lawyer; Lord Chancellor

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873-1954) politician and lawyer; Lord Chancellor

Frank Owen Salisbury (1874 - 1962)
Image of William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister

William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister

Joseph Nollekens (1737 - 1823)
Image of Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl Godolphin (1645-1712) Financier

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl Godolphin (1645-1712) Financier

Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723)
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
Image of William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister

William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister

19th century unknown
Francis Philibert Hardenberg ( - 1852)
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Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford (1779-1826) judge

British 19th century unknown
Image of Sir Robert Shirley, Count Shirley in the papal nobility (c.1581-1628) diplomat, traveller and adventurer

Sir Robert Shirley, Count Shirley in the papal nobility (c.1581-1628) diplomat, traveller and adventurer

William Nelson Gardiner (1766 - 1814)
A Birrell (c.1770 - c.1820)
Image of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Field-Marshal & Prime Minister

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Field-Marshal & Prime Minister

Sir Thomas (after) Lawrence
William A Menzies
Image of Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1637-1685) Lord Keeper

Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1637-1685) Lord Keeper

John Riley (1646 - 1691)
Image of Sir Mathew Hale (1609-1676) judge and writer; Chief Justice of the King’s Bench

Sir Mathew Hale (1609-1676) judge and writer; Chief Justice of the King’s Bench

John Michael Wright (1617 - 1694)
Image of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (1658?-1735) soldier and diplomat

Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (1658?-1735) soldier and diplomat

Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723)
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
Image of Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy (1838-1920) Master of the Rolls

Herbert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy (1838-1920) Master of the Rolls

Reginald Grenville Eves (1876 - 1941)
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford & Asquith (1852-1928) politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer; Prime Minister

British 20th century unknown
Image of Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) Chancellor of the Exchequer; Prime Minister

Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) Chancellor of the Exchequer; Prime Minister

Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860 - 1947)
Image of Audience of a European Ambassador with the Sultan

Audience of a European Ambassador with the Sultan

Antonio, & Studio Guardi (1699 - 1760)
Image of Henry Powle (1630-1692) judge and politician

Henry Powle (1630-1692) judge and politician

Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723)
George Vertue (1684 - 1756)
Image of After the Ceremony: Sir Winston & Lady Churchill

After the Ceremony: Sir Winston & Lady Churchill

Feliks Topolski (1907 - 1989)
Image of Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) trade unionist and politician

Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) trade unionist and politician

Douglas Robertson Bisset (1908 - 1908)
Image of Sir Anthony Mildmay (c.1549-1617)

Sir Anthony Mildmay (c.1549-1617)

Edward Harding (1755 - 1840)
Image of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618-1685) politician

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618-1685) politician

Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680)
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
Image of Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, Baron Fremantle in the nobility of the Austrian empire (1798-1890) politician and civil servant

Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, Baron Fremantle in the nobility of the Austrian empire (1798-1890) politician and civil servant

George Richmond (1809 - 1896)
William, II Holl (1807 - 1871)
Image of George Canning (1770-1827) Prime Minister

George Canning (1770-1827) Prime Minister

Sir Thomas (after) Lawrence
Moussa Ayoub (1873 - 1955)
Image of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet (1806-1863)

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet (1806-1863)

John Watkins (1823 - 1874)
D J Pound
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Philip Snowden, Viscount Snowden (1864-1937) Chancellor of the Exchequer – “The Chancellor’s Musical Soul”

Sir David Low (1891 - 1963)
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Death Extraordinary

William, ("Paul Pry") Heath (1795 - 1840)
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Francis John Stephens Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough (1860-1947) civil servant

Eleuterio Riccardi (1884 - 1963)
Image of Charles James Fox (1749-1806) politician

Charles James Fox (1749-1806) politician

Sir Joshua, (after) Reynolds
Walter Chamberlain Urwick (1864 - 1943)
Image of The Lord Chancellor’s Procession, 1868 (Lord Chancellor Hatherley)

The Lord Chancellor’s Procession, 1868 (Lord Chancellor Hatherley)

Henry Tanworth Wells (1828 - 1903)
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Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) Lord Chancellor

Robert Bowyer (1758 - 1834)
John Porter
John George Murray
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Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751-99) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830)
Robert Mitchell Meadows ( - 1812)
Image of Sir James Eyre (1734-1799), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Sir James Eyre (1734-1799), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760/61 - 1802)
Image of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) Prime Minister

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) Prime Minister

William Hoare (c.1707 - 1792)
Image of William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister

William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister

John, (After) Hoppner (1758 - 1810)
William A Menzies
Image of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (1714-1777) politician; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Envoy to Mecklenberg-Strelitz for King George III’s Marriage to Charlotte

Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (1714-1777) politician; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Envoy to Mecklenberg-Strelitz for King George III’s Marriage to Charlotte

Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788)
Image of Edmund Burke (1729-97) politician and author

Edmund Burke (1729-97) politician and author

Sir Joshua, (after) Reynolds
William A Menzies
Image of Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) Poet & Comptroller of Customs

Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) Poet & Comptroller of Customs

British 17th century unknown
Image of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Field-Marshal & Prime Minister

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Field-Marshal & Prime Minister

Sir Francis Chantrey (1781 - 1841)
Image of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) Prime Minister

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) Prime Minister

John Partridge (1789 - 1872)
Image of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929): “Little Bo-Peep”

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929): “Little Bo-Peep”

Sir Leslie Matthew ("Spy") Ward (1851 - 1922)
Image of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-82)

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-82)

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)
Edward Fisher (1730 - c1785)
Image of The Right Hon. Sir John Taylor Coleridge P.C., D.C.L (1790-1876)

The Right Hon. Sir John Taylor Coleridge P.C., D.C.L (1790-1876)

Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793 - 1872)
Samuel Cousins (1801 - 1887)
Image of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) Prime Minister

William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) Prime Minister

Mayall
Frederick Cartwright
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John Alcock (1430-1500) Mater of the Rolls; Bishop of Ely

John, I Faber (c.1660 - 1721)