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Editorial As in Ninety-Three. Th?ophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1901. Dimensions: 293 ? 477 mm (image); 452 ? 630 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on gray wove chine. Origin: France.
Editorial The Wars of the Roses.' Illustration depicting an army, praying, before going into battle. The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet—the houses of Lancaster ...
Editorial 'The red and white roses'. An illustration depicting the apocryphal scene when supporters of the rival factions pick either red or white roses; The Duke of York is shown picking a white rose. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the ...
Editorial 'The capture of Guy Fawkes.' Guy Fawkes discovered in the vaults under Parliament, with the gunpowder, on 5 November 1605. . Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by K...
Editorial 'Cromwell turns out Parliament'. Oliver Cromwell in the Houses of Parliament. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by Kronheim. London : George Routledge & Sons, [1868...
Editorial Canute and his courtiers'. King Canute (Cnut) commanding the waves to stop. It is believed that, on this site, Cnut tried to command the tide of the river to prove to his courtiers that they were fools to think that he could command the waves. Pictures...
Editorial Blondel at Richard's prison'. Blondel de Nesle – either Jean I of Nesle or his son Jean II of Nesle, was a French trouvere. Blondel's name is associated with a legend that claims that after Richard I of England was arrested and held for ransom in 119...
Editorial 'Execution of Charles I', on 30 January 1649. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by Kronheim. London : George Routledge & Sons, [1868]. Source: 9505.ff.6 picture 58....
Editorial Wallace executed'. Sir William Wallace, (died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. In August 1305 Wallace was captured and hanged, drawn, and quartered. Pictures of Englis...
Editorial 'The execution of Lord Stafford'. Lord Stafford became implicated in the Titus Oates plot, where fabricated evidence was used to prove an alleged Catholic plot against Charles II. He was attainted in 1678, with his titles forfeited. In 1680 he was impe...
Editorial 'Murder of the Little Princes'. The Princes in the Tower: Edward V (b.1470); Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (b.1473); sons of King Edward IV; imprisoned by their uncle, Richard III, and presumed to have died in 1483, probably murdered. . Pictu...
Editorial 'The first English printer.' William Caxton and a printing press. He is thought to be the first English person to work as a printer and the first to introduce a printing press into England, in 1476. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times ...
Editorial King Alfred and the cakes'. The folk tale of Alfred and the accidental burning of the griddle cakes. In 878, after the Danes captured Chippenham, Alfred was forced to retreat into the wilderness, and it is to this period that the story of King Alfred b...
Editorial William Wallace fighting the English forces. Sir William Wallace (died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Brid...
Editorial Piers Gaveston pleading for mercy before being executed. Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman and the favourite of King Edward II of England. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the...
Editorial 'The execution of Lady Jane Grey.' Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 – 12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley or The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553. Jane was convicted o...
Editorial 'The battle of the Boyne.' The battle was fought in 1690 between the forces of the Catholic King James and the forces of the Protestant King William, across the River Boyne, in Ireland. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the presen...
Editorial King John and Magna Charta'. Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, is an Angevin charter originally issued in Latin in June 1215. It was sealed under oath by King John at Runnymede, on the ban...
Editorial 'Landing of William of Orange'. On 5 November 1688 William invaded England. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by Kronheim. London : George Routledge & Sons, [1868]....
Editorial 'The battle of Naseby'. The Battle of Naseby was the key battle of the first English Civil War. On 14 June 1645, the main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. Pi...
Editorial 'The battle of Culloden'. The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising, fought on 16 April 1746. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour...
Editorial Carpet with Fame and Fortitude.
Editorial Charles Mellin, Saints Anthony and Paul in the Desert, 1635, pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper, 5 1/2 in. x 7 1/16 in. (14 cm. x 18 cm.), This study depicts the meeting between Paul of Thebes, then 113 years old, and Anthony the Great, at age n...
Editorial 'Death of Ridley and Latimer'. Both Bishops Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer were burned at the stake in Oxford on this day, October 16, 1555. They were two out of the three 'Oxford martyrs'. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the ...
Editorial 'The burning of Cranmer.' Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. After the accession of the Roman Catholic Mary I, Cranmer was put on trial for treason and heresy. Cranmer wa...
Editorial 'The Battle of Trafalgar'. The mortal wounding of Admiral Lord Nelson at the sea battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by Kronheim...
Editorial Photograph - C, Andy & M at the Beach, Herne Bay, Kent, England, 11 Aug 1929, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration ...
Editorial 'The battle of Naseby'. The Battle of Naseby was the key battle of the first English Civil War. On 14 June 1645, the main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. Pi...
Editorial Photograph - Botanical Gardens, Nantes, France, 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well...
Editorial Photograph - Coastal Landscape, Ceylon, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as phot...
Editorial Photograph - Motor Car with Passengers, Ceylon, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well...
Editorial Photograph - Group Portrait of Three Unknown Men on Board SS Jervis Bay, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration...
Editorial Photograph - Beach Scene with Island in Background, France, circa 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips ...
Editorial Photograph - Botanical Gardens, Nantes, France, 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well...
Editorial Photograph - Dining Room Interior, England, circa 1929, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as we...
Editorial Photograph - Passenger Ship at Docks, Colombo, Ceylon, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, ...
Editorial Photograph - Botanical Gardens, Nantes, France, circa 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, a...
Editorial Photograph - Man & Woman walking along the street, Torquay, Devon, England, circa 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-...
Editorial Photograph - 'Farncombe Manor, Godalming', Surrey, England, circa 1929, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips ...
Editorial Photograph - On Board the Jervis Bay at Sea, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as...
Editorial Photograph - On Board SS Jervis Bay, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as photos ...
Editorial Photograph - Boats on the Riverbank, Ceylon, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as...
Editorial Photograph - Cityscape, Nantes, France, circa 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well a...
Editorial Photograph - Coastal Landscape, Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to Fra...
Editorial Photograph - Buddhist Temple Interior, Colombo, Ceylon, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France,...
Editorial Photograph - Bay of Biscay, France, 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as photos h...
Editorial Photograph - Cliff, Jess & I walking up a Hill, England, circa 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to ...
Editorial Photograph - Passengers on Board SS Jervis Bay, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well...
Editorial Photograph - Passengers disembarking from Ship, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well...
Editorial Photograph - 'One Repainted & Reupholstered GN', England, circa 1929, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to...
Editorial Photograph - Living Room Interior, England, circa 1929, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as we...
Editorial Photograph - Cathedral Exterior, France, circa 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well ...
Editorial Photograph - Passenger Ship at Sea, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as photos h...
Editorial Photograph - Coastal Landscape, France, circa 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well a...
Editorial Photograph - Passenger Ship at Sea, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as photos h...
Editorial Photograph - Group Portrait of Four Unknown Women & Men on Board SS Jervis Bay, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-mi...
Editorial Photograph - Coastal Landscape, Egypt, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as photo...
Editorial Photograph - Coastal Scene, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to F...
Editorial Photograph - Building Facade, France, circa 1927, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as ...
Editorial Photograph - Camel Cart, Egypt, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as photos he ad...
Editorial Photograph - Aunts & Uncle H in Garden, England, circa 1930, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, ...
Editorial Photograph - Mum, Geoff & Evelin in the Garden, England, Nov 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to Fr...
Editorial Photograph - Cathedral Exterior, England, circa 1929, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well...
Editorial Photograph - C, Andy & M at the Beach, Herne Bay, Kent, England, 11 Aug 1929, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration ...
Editorial Photograph - 'Our Mother', England, circa 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as ph...
Editorial Photograph - Motor Vehicles on Road, England, circa 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as ...
Editorial Photograph - Bridge over River, Ceylon, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as phot...
Editorial Photograph - Man & Woman Embracing on Board SS Jervis Bay, 1928, One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to Fran...
Editorial 'Death of Ridley and Latimer'. Both Bishops Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer were burned at the stake in Oxford on this day, October 16, 1555. They were two out of the three 'Oxford martyrs'. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the ...
Editorial 'The burning of Cranmer.' Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. After the accession of the Roman Catholic Mary I, Cranmer was put on trial for treason and heresy. Cranmer wa...
Editorial Chapter Ninety-Three
Editorial Chapter Ninety-Three
Editorial Chapter Ninety-Three
Editorial As in Ninety-Three. Th?ophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1901. Dimensions: 293 ? 477 mm (image); 452 ? 630 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on gray wove chine. Origin: France.
Editorial Captain Robert W. Eastwick (1772-1865), c.1830 Three-quarter length standing figure, looking left, with left arm resting on the base of a pillar. He served in all parts of the East, from the Persian Gulf to Australia, and voyaged also to the West Indie...
Editorial The Wars of the Roses.' Illustration depicting an army, praying, before going into battle. The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet—the houses of Lancaster ...
Editorial 'Death of Ridley and Latimer'. Both Bishops Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer were burned at the stake in Oxford on this day, October 16, 1555. They were two out of the three 'Oxford martyrs'. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the ...
Editorial 'The red and white roses'. An illustration depicting the apocryphal scene when supporters of the rival factions pick either red or white roses; The Duke of York is shown picking a white rose. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the ...
Editorial 'The burning of Cranmer.' Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. After the accession of the Roman Catholic Mary I, Cranmer was put on trial for treason and heresy. Cranmer wa...
Editorial 'The capture of Guy Fawkes.' Guy Fawkes discovered in the vaults under Parliament, with the gunpowder, on 5 November 1605. . Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by K...
Editorial 'Cromwell turns out Parliament'. Oliver Cromwell in the Houses of Parliament. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by Kronheim. London : George Routledge & Sons, [1868...
Editorial 'The battle of Culloden'. The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising, fought on 16 April 1746. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour...
Editorial Canute and his courtiers'. King Canute (Cnut) commanding the waves to stop. It is believed that, on this site, Cnut tried to command the tide of the river to prove to his courtiers that they were fools to think that he could command the waves. Pictures...
Editorial Blondel at Richard's prison'. Blondel de Nesle – either Jean I of Nesle or his son Jean II of Nesle, was a French trouvere. Blondel's name is associated with a legend that claims that after Richard I of England was arrested and held for ransom in 119...
Editorial 'The Battle of Trafalgar'. The mortal wounding of Admiral Lord Nelson at the sea battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by Kronheim...
Editorial Captain Robert W. Eastwick (1772-1865), c.1830 Three-quarter length standing figure, looking left, with left arm resting on the base of a pillar. He served in all parts of the East, from the Persian Gulf to Australia, and voyaged also to the West Indie...
Editorial 'Execution of Charles I', on 30 January 1649. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by Kronheim. London : George Routledge & Sons, [1868]. Source: 9505.ff.6 picture 58....
Editorial Wallace executed'. Sir William Wallace, (died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. In August 1305 Wallace was captured and hanged, drawn, and quartered. Pictures of Englis...
Editorial 'The execution of Lord Stafford'. Lord Stafford became implicated in the Titus Oates plot, where fabricated evidence was used to prove an alleged Catholic plot against Charles II. He was attainted in 1678, with his titles forfeited. In 1680 he was impe...
Editorial 'Murder of the Little Princes'. The Princes in the Tower: Edward V (b.1470); Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (b.1473); sons of King Edward IV; imprisoned by their uncle, Richard III, and presumed to have died in 1483, probably murdered. . Pictu...
Editorial 'The first English printer.' William Caxton and a printing press. He is thought to be the first English person to work as a printer and the first to introduce a printing press into England, in 1476. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times ...
Editorial King Alfred and the cakes'. The folk tale of Alfred and the accidental burning of the griddle cakes. In 878, after the Danes captured Chippenham, Alfred was forced to retreat into the wilderness, and it is to this period that the story of King Alfred b...
Editorial William Wallace fighting the English forces. Sir William Wallace (died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Brid...
Editorial Piers Gaveston pleading for mercy before being executed. Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman and the favourite of King Edward II of England. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the...
Editorial 'The execution of Lady Jane Grey.' Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 – 12 February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley or The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553. Jane was convicted o...
Editorial 'The battle of the Boyne.' The battle was fought in 1690 between the forces of the Catholic King James and the forces of the Protestant King William, across the River Boyne, in Ireland. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the presen...
Editorial King John and Magna Charta'. Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, is an Angevin charter originally issued in Latin in June 1215. It was sealed under oath by King John at Runnymede, on the ban...
Editorial 'Landing of William of Orange'. On 5 November 1688 William invaded England. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the present period. With ninety-three pictures, printed in colour by Kronheim. London : George Routledge & Sons, [1868]....