Historical Portraits

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‘La Triste Heritiere’ (The Sad Heiress), Anne St John, Countess of Rochester (1614-1696) wife of Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (1612-1658)

‘La Triste Heritiere’, Anne St John, Countess of Rochester (1614-1696) wife of Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (1612-1658)

A Few of the F.S.A’s – The Antiquaries

Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918) 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving

Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) Dutch painter and printmaker, in etching and engraving, who painted mostly history subjects and landscapes

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, born in the City of London

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, born in the City of London

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, born in the City of London

Abraham Darcie (fl. 1623–1635) author and translator

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American statesman, lawyer and 16th president of the United States – engraving based on the famous Brady photograph taken in New York February 27, 1860

Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596-1675) was Dutch painter of the Flemish School

Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822) was a French painter of great promise who died at the age of 25 of pneumonia

Ada Byron, later Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852) mathematician, writer and daughter of Lord Byron

Adam Clarke (c1760-1832) British Methodist theologian and biblical scholar

Adam de Coster (c1586-1643 in Antwerp) Flemish painter and a prominent member of the Antwerp Caravaggisti

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731-1804) British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown in 1797 and whose victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731-1804) British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown in 1797 and whose victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731-1804) British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown in 1797 and whose victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history

Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610) German artist working in Rome, who died at only thirty-two

Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish economist, philosopher, author and moral philosopher

Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish economist, philosopher, author and moral philosopher

Adam van Noort (c1561-1641) Flemish painter, draughtsman and a teacher of Peter Paul Rubens

Adelaide (1792-1849) Queen of William IV

Adelaide Kemble (1815-1879) English opera singer and a member of the Kemble family of actors. She was the younger sister of Fanny Kemble, the famous actress and anti-slavery activist

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814) an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814) an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814) an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (1725-1786) Royal Navy officer and politician who also served as First Lord of the Admiralty

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (1725-1786) Royal Navy officer and politician who also served as First Lord of the Admiralty

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (1725-1786) Royal Navy officer and politician who also served as First Lord of the Admiralty

Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833) British naval officer who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars

Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833) British naval officer who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars

Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718-1792) best known for his commands in the American Revolutionary War

Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718-1792) best known for his commands in the American Revolutionary War

Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718-1792) best known for his commands in the American Revolutionary War

Admiral John Byng (1704-1757) a British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled for failing to prevent Minorca from falling to the French and executed by firing squad

Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705-1781) Royal Navy officer who also served as First Lord of the Admiralty

Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705-1781) Royal Navy officer who also served as First Lord of the Admiralty

Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735-1823) Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom

Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735-1823) Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799) British naval officer during the War of the Austrian Succession, The Seven Years War and the American Revolutionary War

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell (1650-1707) as a junior officer he saw action at the Battles of Solebay and Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (1656-1720) a Royal Navy officer and later a politician who, as a junior officer, saw action at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (1656-1720) Royal Navy officer and politician

Admiral Robert Blake (1598-1657) important military commander of the Commonwealth of England and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century

Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816) Royal Navy officer during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years War and the American Revolutionary War

Admiral Sir Charles Saunders (c1715-1775) a Royal Navy officer who commanded HMS Gloucester and led her in action at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747

Adriaen Brouwer (c 1605-1638) Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the 17th century

Adriaen Brouwer (c 1605-1638) Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the 17th century

Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685) Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women

Adriaen van Stalbempt (1580–1662) Flemish painter and printmaker

Adriaen van Stalbempt (1580–1662) Flemish painter and printmaker

Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) a leading Dutch Golden Age painter, producing mainly landscapes

Afghanistan, Different inhabitants 1- Durrani Mullahs, 2- Damani, 3- Yusufzai, large tribe of ethnic Pashtuns, 4- Armed Durrani farmer

Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c1453-1515) a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman who served as Governor of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515

Agnolo (Angelo) Ambrogini (1454-1494) commonly known by his nickname Poliziano was an Italian classical scholar and poet of the Florentine Renaissance

Agostino Carracci (1557-1602) Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher

Alaric Alexander Watts (1797-1864) British poet, journalist and conservative writer whose life was dedicated to newspaper creation and editing

Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg, Prince of Brabançon (1600-1674)

Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg, Prince of Brabançon (1600-1674)

Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg, Prince of Brabançon (1600-1674)

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910) eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, later crowned as King Edward VII in 1901

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910) eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, later crowned as King Edward VII in 1901

Albertus Magnus (c1200-1280) also known as Saint Albert the Great, German Catholic Dominican friar, philosopher and bishop

Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance

Albrecht Dürer the Elder (1427–1502) the artist’s father aged 70

Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and poet often referred to as the ‘Father of modern physiology’

Alcaeus of Mytilene (c625-c580 BC) lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos

Aldus Pius Manutius (c1449-1515) an Italian humanist, scholar, educator, and the founder of the Aldine Press whose enchiridia, small portable books, revolutionized personal reading

Alessandro Bonvicino known as Il Moretto da Brescia (c1498-1554) Italian Renaissance painter from Brescia, where he also mostly worked

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c1445-1510) known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance

Alethea Howard (nee Talbot), Countess of Arundel (1585-1654)

Alethea Howard (nee Talbot), Countess of Arundel (1585-1654) wife of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel

Alexander Adam LLD (1741–1809) was a Scottish teacher and writer

Alexander Briant, Jesuit priest executed in London in 1581

Alexander Brodie (1617-1680)