Mary Morley Eccles, Viscountess Eccles was an American-British book collector and author. She was renowned for establishing one of the largest private collections of 18th century literature with her f
Eccles in her library at Four Oaks Farm in Somerville, New Jersey
The Hyde Room at Houghton Library, Harvard University
The Misses Garrick by the Thames at Hampton by Johann Zoffany (1733–1810)
Captain John Stanley by Thomas Gainsborough
Captain John Stanley was a British Army officer who served in the American War of Independence.
Mary Eccles, Viscountess Eccles
…of collecting, assembled a collection of eighteenth-century British pictures. These included standouts like The Misses Garrick by Johann Zoffany and Captain John Stanley by Thomas Gainsborough. Mary Hyde married David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles in 1984, becoming The Right Honourable The Viscountess Eccles. They founded…
Battle of Saratoga (Freeman’s Farm), 19 September 1777 , contemporary German engraving by Johann Martin Will, published in Augsburg (ca. 1777). Captain John Stanley, aide-de-camp to General Burgoyne and officer in the 20th Regiment of Foot, was severely wounded and taken prisoner during this battle.
'XX' button on Captain John Stanley
'XX' button for enlisted soldiers of the 20th Regiment of Foot c1776