Images Dated 10th May 2006

Joanna Baillie, Scottish poetess and dramatist, (1870). Artist: H Robinson

Joanna Baillie, Scottish poetess and dramatist, (1870). An engraving of Baillie (1762-1851) from Robert Chambers' A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Blackie and Son, (Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, 1870)

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Il Pordenone, Italian painter of the Venetian School, (1825).Artist: John Corner

Il Pordenone, Italian painter of the Venetian School, (1825). Vasari, his main biographer, identifies Pordenone (c1483-1539) as Giovanni Antonio Licinio. An engraving from John Corner's Portraits of Celebrated Painters, (London, 1825)

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George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, Scottish soldier and Governor of Gibraltar, (1870).Artist: Charles Holl

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, Scottish soldier and Governor of Gibraltar, (1870). Eliott (1717-1790) played a prominent role in withstanding the Franco-Spanish siege of Gibraltar in 1779-1783, for which he was knighted. He was created Baron Heathfield in 1787. An engraving from Robert Chambers' A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Blackie and Son, (Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, 1870)

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