2 1/4 inch square film negative, early 1940s ...

Given by the artist's granddaughter, Mona M. Brown, 1922 ...

Field-Marshal. His early career was distinguished by service as a commander in Flanders and Spain during the War of Spanish Succession. From 1726, he built a series of military roads in Scotland, ...

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Alexander worked as both architect and engineer. As Surveyor to the London Dock Company, 1796-1831, he was responsible for the early development of the London Docks, and also designed lighthouses and ...

A soldier and diplomat, the Chevalier d’Eon was one of the most colourful and celebrated characters in eighteenth-century Britain. Although born in France, the Chevalier lived in London from 1762-1777 ...

An influential churchman and statesman, Warham was appointed Bishop of London in 1502 and Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor in 1504, crowning Henry VIII in 1509. Though he clashed with ...

A portraitist and landscape painter, he took a keen interest in industrial and scientific developments, experimenting in lighting effects and candlelit subjects. Wright travelled to Italy with his ...