Earl Collection (#93)

HENRY WRIOTHESLEY (1573-1624). 3rd Earl of Southampton. English soldier, courtier, and patron of William Shakespeare. Line and stipple engraving

WILLIAM MAXWELL (1676-1744). 5th Earl of Nithsdale. Scottish nobleman and Jacobite. Line engraving, 18th century

RICHARD GRENVILLE-TEMPLE (1711-1779). 1st Earl Temple. English statesman. Copper engraving, English, 1782

GEORGE CHARLES BINGHAM (1800-1888). 3rd Earl of Lucan. English soldier. Line and stipple engraving, English, 19th century

FREDERICK NORTH (1732-1792). / n2nd Earl of Guilford; known as Lord North
FREDERICK NORTH (1732-1792). /n2nd Earl of Guilford; known as Lord North. Copper engraving, English, 1779

DISRAELIs RESIDENCE. Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, the residence of Benjamin Disraeli. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of 1881

DISRAELI: GRAVESTONE. Grave of Benjamin Disraeli at Hughenden Church. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of 1881

ROBERT DEVEREUX (1591-1646). 3rd Earl of Essex. English parliamentary general. Line engraving, English, 1643

JOHN MAITLAND (1616-1682). Second Earl and first Duke of Lauderdale. Stipple engraving, English, 19th century, after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely

EARL OF CARDIGAN (1797-1868), James Thomas Brudenell: line and stipple engraving, English, 19th century

ARREST OF WILLIAM KIDD (c1645-1701). Also know as Captain Kidd. Arrested in Boston, 1699, at the house of the Earl of Bellomont, colonial governor of Massachusetts. Wood engraving, 19th century

FREDERICK NORTH (1732-1792). 2nd Earl of Guilford; known as Lord North. English statesman. Stipple engraving, English, 1805

3rd EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON (1573-1624), Henry Wriothesley: stipple engraving, 19th century, after a painting by Mirevelt

JAMES T. BRUDENELL (1797-1868). 7th Earl of Cardigan. English soldier. Line and stipple engraving, English, 19th century

2ND EARL OF SHELBURNE (1737-1805). William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne. English statesman. Steel engraving, English, 1836, after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds

EDWARD MONTAGU (1625-1672). First Earl of Sandwich. Stipple engraving, English, 1830, after a painting by Sir Peter Lely

WILLIAM PARSONS (1800-1867). 3rd Earl of Rosse. Irish astronomer. Colored engraving, American 1867
WILLIAM PARSONS (1800-1867).3rd Earl of Rosse. Irish astronomer. Colored engraving, American 1867

GEORGE MACARTNEY (1737-1806). 1st Earl Macartney. British diplomat. Stipple engraving, early 19th century

THOMAS WENTWORTH (1593-1641). First Earl of Strafford. Line-and-stipple engraving, English, 19th century, after a portrait by Sir Anthony Van Dyck

EDWARD HYDE (1661-1723). 3rd Earl of Clarendon. English colonial administrator in America. Hyde in female dress when governor of New York as Lord Cornbury. Wood engraving

EDWARD DE VERE (1550-1604). 17th Earl of Oxford: steel engraving, 19th century, after a contemporary portrait

HENRY JERMYN (1604-1684). 1st Earl of St. Albans. English courtier. Copper engraving, 18th century

FORT DOUGLAS, CANADA. Fort Douglas on the Red River, at the present site of Winnipeg, Canada. Wood engraving after a drawing, 1817, by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk

BATTLE OF POITIERS. King John of France (Jean Le Bon) surrenders to the Earl of Warwick, emissary of Edward, Prince of Wales, at the Battle of Poitiers, Sept

STEAMSHIP ACCIDENT, 1865. Wreck of the steamship Earl Percy at Tynemouth, England. Wood engraving, English, 1865

SIR CHARLES HOWARD (1536-1624). 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, 1st Earl of Nottingham. English admiral and diplomat. Steel engraving, 19th century

EDWARD HYDE (1609-1674). 1st Earl of Clarendon. English statesman and historian. Line and stipple engraving, English, 19th century

RICHARD III AT BOSWORTH. The defeat and death of King Richard III at the battle of Bosworth Field (22 August 1485) by the Earl of Richmond, who became Henry VII: line engraving, 19th century

WILLIAM PITT (1708-1778). Earl of Chatham. English politician: steel engraving, 1832, after a painting by William Hoare

SIMON DE MONTFORT L AMAURY (1160-1218). Earl of Leicester and Count of Toulouse. The death of Simon de Montfort at the siege of Toulouse, France, 1218, during his campaign against the Albigenses

STRAFFORD TRIAL, 1641. Sir Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Straffords trial by Parliament under a bill of attainder, 1641. After a contemporary engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar

CONGRESS OF VIENNA, 1815. The Congress of Vienna, 1815. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington stands at far left, Prince Klemens von Metternich stands sixth from left

VISCOUNT OF HILLSBOROUGH. Wills Hill (1718-1793). British politician and colonial administrator. Line engraving, English, 18th century

SIR ROBERT WALPOLE (1676-1745). 1st Earl of Orford, left, at the entry to the House of Commons with the Speaker, Arthur Onslow: engraving after William Hogarth and Sir James Thornhill

WALPOLE HOME, 1775. Strawberry Hill, the residence of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford (1717-1797). Copper engraving, 1775, after Paul Sandby

LADY GODIVA (1140-1180). Wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Lady Godiva rides through Coventry. Wood engraving, 1866, after Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868)

JAMES BRUCE (1811-1863). English diplomat and Governor General of Canada 1847-54. Line engraving, English, 1894

ROBERT CECIL (1563-1612). 1st Earl of Salisbury and 1st Viscount Cranborne. Line and stipple engraving, 19th century

ROBERT DUDLEY (1532?-1588). Earl of Leicester. English courtier. Copper engraving, 1586, by Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617)

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR (1848-1930). 1st Earl of Balfour. English statesman and philosopher. Balfour, center, as the first lord of the treasury in Lord Salisburys administration. Engraving, c1895

RICHARD HOWE (1726-1799). English naval officer. Steel engraving, 19th century, after a painting by Thomas Gainsborough

THOMAS WENTWORTH (1593-1641). Earl of Strafford. English politician. Steel engraving, English, 1837

BANQUET, 19th CENTURY. A London banquet honoring the Earl of Dufferin, Viceroy of India. Line engraving, English, late 19th century

BATTLE OF POITERS, 1356. King John II of France surrenders to the Earl of Warwick, emissary of Edward, Prince of Wales, at the Battle of Poitiers, 19 September 1356

BOSWORTH FIELD, 1485. Lord Stanley giving the crown of the defeated Richard III to the victorious Earl of Richmond, who thereby began his reign as King Henry VII, at the Battle of Bosworth Field

SOCIETY WEDDING, 1878. The civil wedding ceremony in London of the Earl of Rosebery to Miss Hannah Rothschild, only child of the banker Baron Mayer de Rothschild

JOHN MONTAGU (1718-1792). Fourth Earl of Sandwich. Copper engraving, English, 1779

EDINBURGH CASTLE, 1314. A raiding party led by Sir Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, captures Edinburgh Castle from the English, 1314. Wood engraving, 19th century

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