'Gresham', (c1519-1579), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

'Gresham', (c1519-1579), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

2-721-462 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Gresham', (c1519-1579) 1830. Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (c1519-1579) English merchant and financier educated at St Paul's School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge who acted on behalf of King Edward VI and his half-sisters, queens Mary I and Elizabeth I. He founded the Royal Exchange in the City of London in 1565. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Sir Thomas Gresham: British; English: Merchant, Financier, Founder of Royal Exchange
People Related
  1. Alfred Howard: : Editor
  2. Thomas Tegg: British; English: Publisher, printer, bookseller
  3. Richard Griffin and Company: British: Bookseller, publisher
  4. King Edward VI: British; English: King

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Portraits

Trade & Industry Finance

History & Politics Politics Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3990x5428
File Size : 63,451kb


Aliases

  1. 0580069369
  1. 2-721-462
  1. 2721462

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