Images Dated 17th October 2006

Mowgli Captured by Monkeys (oil & ink on canvas)

AGR252111 Mowgli Captured by Monkeys (oil & ink on canvas) by Schebek, Ferdinand (1875-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: scene from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936);); Agra Art, Warsaw, Poland

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Apes, Baboon, Baboons, Boy, Boys, Capture, Child, Children, Children S Illustration, Childrens Illustration, Crouch, Desert, Full Moon, Kid, Kidnapped, Male, Monkey, Moonlight, Moonlit, Night, Nocturne, Prisoner

Letter from Charles Edward Stuart to his brother Henry Benedict, 2nd November 1784.Artist: Charles Edward Stuart

Letter from Charles Edward Stuart to his brother Henry Benedict, 2nd November 1784. Letter, written in French from Florence, by The Young Pretender under his assumed title of King Charles III, to his brother and heir Henry Benedict, titular Duke of York, Cardinal Bishop of Frascati. The letter declares that his natural daughter (Charlotte, afterwards styled Duchess of Albany) having been recognised by himself, by France, and by the Pope, is Royal Highness for you and everywhere, disclaiming, however, any intention of disputing his brother's rights and praying him in return not to dispute those of his daughter. From the fifth series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899)

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Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP, 14th April 1782.Artist: Benjamin Franklin

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP, 14th April 1782. Letter written from Passy when Franklin was Minister from the United States to France suggesting that, if the new English Ministry (of Lord Rockingham) was disposed to treat for a general peace, Henry Laurens should be set at full liberty and should bring over propositions. Both Franklin and fellow American Laurens were included in a commission from Congress to conclude a peace, dated 15th June, 1781. The latter, when on a mission to the Netherlands to negotiate a loan, had been captured at sea and was a prisoner on parole in England. The Definitive Treaty between Great Britain and the United States was negotiated by Hartley with Franklin and the others, being signed at Paris, 3rd September, 1783. From the fifth series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899)

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