The History of the Reign of George the Third from His Accession in 1760, till the Present Time
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Title: The History of the Reign of George the Third from His Accession in 1760, till the Present Time
Author:
Robert Bisset (British, 1759–1805)
Printer:
J. Pillians & Sons (Edinburgh)
Artist:
Portrait after Allan Ramsay (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1713–1784 Dover)
Engraver:
Portrait engraved by Kirkwood (British (active Scotland), 18th–19th century)
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Benedict Arnold (American, Norwich, Connecticut 1741–1801 London)
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Napoleon I (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
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The Right Honorable Edmund Burke (British, born Ireland, Dublin 1729–1797 Beaconsfield)
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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1713–1792 London)
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Sir Henry Clinton (British, 1730–1795)
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Lord Cuthbert Collingwood (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1748–1810 at sea)
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Captain James Cook (British, Marton, Yorkshire 1728–1779 Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii)
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General George Augustus Eliott (British, 1717–1780)
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Benjamin Franklin (American, 1706–1790)
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Charles James Fox (British, 1749–1806)
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George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (British, London 1738–1820 Windsor)
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General Richard Howe (British, London 1729–1814)
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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (British, Edinburgh, 1742–1811)
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General Sir John Moore (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1761–1809 A Coruña, Spain)
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Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (British, Burnham Thorpe 1758–1805 at sea)
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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (British, 1732–1792)
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Mungo Park (British, Selkirkshire, 1771–1806)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (British, 1708–1778)
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Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (British, Walton-on-Thames 1719–1792 London)
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George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British, 1769–1852)
Date: 1810
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 5 5/16 in. (22 x 13.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number: 24.90.1879(1-4)
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