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A collection of engraved portraits paired with concise memoirs of prominent historical figures, each entry combines a physical likeness with a readable biographical account that traces the subject's background, public career, intellectual contributions, and notable reforms or achievements. Entries move between monarchs, military leaders, legal and political thinkers, scientists, and artists, highlighting formative experiences, major campaigns or works, and the principles or methods that shaped their reputations. Short contextual essays situate each life within broader political or cultural events, and occasional discussion of character and legacy accompanies factual narrative. The volume emphasizes accessible prose and chronological sketches rather than exhaustive scholarship.

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

Author: Arthur Thomas Malkin

Release date: December 1, 2017 [eBook #56096]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

THE
GALLERY OF PORTRAITS:
WITH
MEMOIRS.
 
VOLUME VII.

LONDON:
CHARLES KNIGHT, 22, LUDGATE-STREET.
1837.
[PRICE ONE GUINEA, BOUND IN CLOTH.]
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
Duke-Street, Lambeth.