Sir Henry Vane, English politician and author mb-artistname Domenichino Cottage in Hyde Park

Cottage in Hyde Park

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Half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley seated in a green chair with a scrolled wooden handle before a writing table

Sir Henry Vane, English politician and author mb-artistname Domenichino Cottage in Hyde ParkSir Henry Vane, English politician and author, 17th century, (1899). Portrait of Vane (1613 1662), statesman and Member of Parliament who was tried for high treason and beheaded on Tower Hill. Illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiner's Oliver Cromwell, (Goupil & Co, London, Paris, New York, 1899).