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Concept

Statesmen

Images

  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Line engraving by B. Audran, the elder, after E. Le Sueur.
  • The death mask of Charles Talleyrand, the French statesman. Lithograph, c. 1860, after M. Krantz.
  • Princes and statesmen: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.
  • John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    The winding stair : Francis Bacon, his rise and fall / by Daphne Du Maurier.

    Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989. | Date: 1976
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    Die Werke des Regenten Saṅs rgyas rgya mcʻo, 1653-1705 : eine philologisch-historische Studie zum tibetischsprachigen Schrifttum / Kristina Lange.

    Lange, Kristina. | Date: 1976
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    Mijn memoires : van Keiberg tot Blandijnberg / Leon Elaut.

    Elaut, L. | Date: 1981
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    Wilhelm von Humboldt : a biography / by Paul R. Sweet.

    Sweet, Paul R. (Paul Robinson), 1907-2003. | Date: [1978-1980], ©1978-1980
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    Vita di Franklin ad uso di tutti / operetta di M. Mignet ; prima traduzione dal francese per cura di P. Thouar.

    Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis), 1796-1884. | Date: [between 1850 and 1859?]
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