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Thomas Stothard : the mechanisms of art patronage in England circa 1800
(University of Missouri Press, 1988)
Thomas Stothard (1755-1834) was probably the most prolific illustrator of his times, executing
designs for everything from landscape, sculpture, and history painting to ceramics, silverwork, and book illustration. The ...
A great and necessary measure : George Grenville and the genesis of the Stamp Act, 1763-1765
(University of Missouri Press, 1982)
George Grenville could have upheld Parliament's
sovereignty, raised a revenue, reduced smuggling, and asserted British control over the colonies by lowering the duty on foreign molasses imported into America from sixpence ...
Charles James Fox: a man for the people
(University of Missouri Press, 1969)
The book grows out of a professional interest in Fox's talents as a parliamentary speaker. The scope, therefore, is that of a biography, with Fox's attainments as a speaker coming to the foreground at frequent intervals. ...
Captain or colonel : the soldier in Milton's life and art
(University of Missouri Press, 1984)
Fallon examines the roles that warfare and the archetype of the soldier assume in the life and work of John Milton.