William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Kickboxer A 19th century version based

A 19th century version based on a 15th century original found in the collection of M Quedeville

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William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Kickboxer A 19th century version basedWilliam Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician, c1890. Together with his younger brother, Robert, Chambers (1800 1883) was a successful publisher of books of Scottish interest. In 1859 they produced the first edition of Chambers's Encyclopedia. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890.