The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 4 (of 7)

Chapter 2: PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

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A collection of engraved portraits paired with concise memoirs of prominent historical figures from varied fields such as statesmanship, science, literature, art, and military affairs. Each entry sketches a subject's career, notable achievements, character, and contemporary controversies, often enlivened with anecdote and critical observation. The volume offers comparative glimpses of leadership, creativity, and public service across periods and nations, written in an early nineteenth-century biographical style that blends factual summary with moral and civic reflection.

PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES
CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

1.	Daguesseau	1
2.	Cromwell	11
3.	Lionardo da Vinci	21
4.	Vauban	29
5.	William III.	37
6.	Goethe	46
7.	Correggio ^[1]	57
8.	Napoleon	67
9.	Linnæus	77
10.	Priestley^[1]	85
11.	Ariosto	93
12.	Marlborough	104
13.	De l’Epée	113
14.	Colbert	122
15.	Washington	128
16.	Murillo	137
17.	Cervantes	147
18.	Frederic II.	155
19.	Delambre	165
20.	Drake	170
21.	Charles V.	179
22.	Des Cartes	189
23.	Spenser	194
24.	Grotius	201

1. The paging of Part XXVII. has accidentally been repeated in Part XXVIII.

Engraved by J. Mollison.

DAGUESSEAU.

(From am original Picture by Mignardi in the
possession of the Conntesa Segur.)

Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

London. Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street, & Pall Mall East.