1-628-805 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), 1824. Villiers was the homosexual lover of King James I of England and one of the most rewarded royal courtiers in all history. From Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain by Edmund Lodge, published by Harding and Lepard (London, 1824).