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The philosopher Erasmus in square cap and fur trimmed robes

'Bury Hill and Village with a View of the North Downs'

Mail coaches in front of the Peacock Inn on Islington High Street

1784 - 1785

in frame with thistles

Wendell Willkie mb-width 3767 The philosopher Erasmus in squareWendell Willkie, American politician, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, 1940. Wilkie (1892 1940) at a frontier celebration at Cheyenne during the 1940 presidential election campaign. A corporate lawyer who had never held any political office, he was a surprise choice for the Republican nomination. Wilkie campaigned against what he described as the inefficiencies and anti business policies of the New Deal but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Franklin D