Coronation Robes as worn by King Edward VII. Coloured print, circa 1920. Size 20 x 28 cm, condition good. Price £28.00 /$46.00 (plus packing and postage). Click for info

True hope is swift,
     and flies with swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods,
     and meaner creatures kings.

     King Richard III
     William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Let fame,
     that all hunt after in their lives,
Live register'd
     upon our brazen tombs.

     Love's labour's lost
     William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Passion for fame;
     a passion which is the instinct
     of all great Souls.

     Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

Selected prints of famous personalities and royalty currently in stock

Boadicea haranguing the Britons. Steel engraving, circa 1840. 16 x 17 cm Condition good, but trimmed. £32.00 /$52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Captain James Cook, painted by N.Dance, engraved by W.Holl, published by Fisher, circa 1860. 10 x 12 cm Condition good £45.00 /$73.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, published by Virtue, circa 1860. 10 x 12.5 cm Condition good £30.00 /$48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

David Livingstone, LL.D.,D.C.L.(1813-1873) Missionary and great Explorer of Africa. Engraving, circa 1890. 11 x 13.5 cm Condition good £30.00 /$48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Victoria, Decorative steel engraving with inset picture of View on Windsor terrace, circa 1850. 17 x 25cm Condition good Price £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Marlborough. From the picture by Kneller, engraved by Posselwhite, published by Virtue circa 1850. 10.5 x 13 cm Condition good £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Mary Queen of Scots. Steel engraving, circa 1860. 10 x 11 cm Condition fair £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Shakspeare. Martin Droeshout, engraved by Holl, Published by William Mackenzie, circa 1850. 12 x 14 cm Condition good £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Robert Burns (1759-1796) A.Carse, Decorative steel engraving, Published by Brain and Patne circa 1840. 16 x 20 cm Condition good £36.00 / $58.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Goethe, Decorative steel engraving, with small pictures above and below main illustration, depicting his life and achievements. Published by Brain and Patne circa 1840. 16 x 20 cm Condition good £36.00 / $58.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Schiller, S.Carse, Decorative steel engraving, with small pictures above and below main illustration, engraved by A.H.Payne. Published by Brain and Patne circa 1840. 15 x 19 cm Condition good £36.00 / $58.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) famous Poet, who wrote The Canterbury Tales among other works which was printed by Caxton. He wrote in English at a time when most written work was in Latin. Steel engraving circa 1860. 12 x 16 cm Condition fair £36.00 / $58.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Joseph Addison. Painted by Sir G. Kneller, engraved by J.Hopwood, circa 1860. 9 x 10 cm Condition fair £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Famous Biologist who invented the practise of naming all species. S Freeman steel engraving,published by Blackie & Son circa 1860. 9 x 9 cm Condition fair £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Rembrandt, Steel engraving, engraved by A.H.Payne. Published by A.H.Payne circa 1840. 12 x 14 cm Condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. Engraved by Watkins. Published by William Mackenzie circa 1880. 11 x 13.5 cm Condition fair £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

William Hogarth, from an Original Picture painted by Himself, engraved by S.Freeman, published by Jones and Co. circa 1860. 10 x 13 cm Condition fair £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Napoleon I. Steel engraving with decorative border. Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1860. 11.5 x 15 cm plus decorative border. Condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Maria Theresa Empress of Austria. G.Staal, steel engraving, circa 1860. 12 x 16.5 cm Condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Omar Pasha, Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish Army. Steel engraving with decorative border. Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1860. 12 x 15 cm plus decorative border. Condition fair £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Mary Stuart and Chatelar. Steel engraving with decorative border, published by The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1860. 15 x 12 cm the actual picture inside the decorative border. Condition good £25.00 / $40.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Paganini. Steel engraving circa 1860. 13 x 16 cm Condition fair £25.00 /$40.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Mozart. A.H.Payne, Steel engraving with decoratove margin, Published by John Tallis, circa 1840. 17x 24cm Condition good £30.00 /$48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Master Crewe as Henry VIII. Painted by Reynolds, engraved by J.R.Smith. The portrait was completed in 1776, when it was published by Boydell. Exhibited at the Academy in 1776 and 1777. This print is dated circa 1920. 17.5 x 22.5 cm Condition quite good £25.00 /$40.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Lord High Chamberlain of England, Alberic de Vere dressed as a knight, and Adelisia his Countess. Aquatint, published by Colnaghi, 1812. 20 x 30 cm Condition good £48.00 /$78.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Heraldry. Coat of Arms of St.Lawrence, Earl of Howth and Butler, Lord Cahier. Copperplate engraving circa 1776. 12 x 20 cm Condition good £32.00 /$52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top