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1789.—The Grand Falconer The Grand Falconer is an hereditary position that dates from medieval times, and belongs to the Duke of St. Albans. The man shown here wears a Middle-Eastern-style head-dress with a diadem and carries a scimitar. At his feet a dog, and in the background a castle, symbol of [...] [more...] |
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1790.—Shooting. A hunting party, with men shooting at birds and perhaps animals using crossbows and rifles, and with hunting dogs to retrieve the things they killed. I somehow doubt that these are [...] [more...] |
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1951.—Battle at Worcester At top – View of Worcester. (From an old [as of 1845] Print.) The battle was fought on the foreground meadows. In the centre, the flight of [King] Charles before the Parliamentary Soldiers; designed from various contemporary portraits of Charles II., Harrison, Lilburne, Bradshaw, and others. At the bottom, the old wooden house, in [...] [more...] |
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2029.—A Parallel of some of the principal Towers and Steeples built by Sir Christopher Wren 1, St. Dunstan in the East. 2, St. Magnus. 3, St. Benet, Gracechurch-street. 4, St. Edmund the King, Lombard-street. 5, St. Margaret Pattens. 6, Allhallows the Great. 7, St. Mary Abchurch. 8, St Muchael, Cornhill. 9, St. Lawrence, Jewry. 10, St.Benet Fink. 11, St.Bartholomew. 12, St. Michael, Queenhithe. 13, St. Michael Royal. 14, St. Antholia, [...] [more...] |
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2041.—Lady Mayoress of London (Hollar’s Theatrum Mulierum.) |
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2042.—Country Woman with Mufflers (Speed’s Map of England) |
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2043.—Musketeer, 1603 (From a Specimen at Goodrich Court; engraved in Skelton’s Armour.) |
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2046.—Pikeman, 1635. (From a Specimen at Goodrich Court.) A soldier from the English Civil war. [more...] |
