Sir William Chambers, British architect, artist, and author, c1760s. Artist: Francis Cotes
Sir William Chambers, architect, artist, and author, c1760s. Portrait of Chambers (1723-1796) who was born in Sweden. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume III, Walter Hutchinson
Oude Schelde, Texel Island, 1862, (c1920). Artist: Clarkson Stanfield
Oude Schelde, Texel Island, 1862, (c1920). Ships off the Dutch coast. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume III, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)
Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, courtier and explorer, (19th century). Artist: R Cooper
Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, courtier and explorer, (19th century). Raleigh (1554-1618) was an English adventurer, explorer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I