Items taken from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) (results page 16)

1148.—Circular Chess Board (Cotton MS. and Strutt.) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Draughts (Fig. 1145) and chess were amusements of the higher ranks. The circular board (Fig. 1148) is peculiar; the chess-men differed somewhat in form and name from the ordinary chess-men.” (p. 334) [...]

Keywords: games, chess, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-05-17

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1149.—Hand Bells. (Royal MS. 15 D. iii.) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Dulcimer and violin players (Fig. 1147) were among the regular musical performers mentioned in the roll of Edward III.’s household. Hand bells (Fig. 1149) were also played upon.” (p. 334)

Keywords: musical instruments, music, people, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2005-12-12

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1150.—The Coronation of Henry IV Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The coronation ceremony shown here, at which Henry IV was crowned and became King Henry IV, took place at Westminster Abbey in October 1399.The engraving (almost certainly on wood) is signed J. Johnso [...]

Keywords: religion, royalty, people, events, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-06-21

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Coronation of Henry IV (Harleian MS. No, 4679) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The image is taken, I think, fromHarly MS. 4380, folio 186, verso; this is the second volums of Froissart’sChromiclesVol IV part 2 (1470), and was drawn some three hundred years after the event.The in [...]

Keywords: coronations, royalty, kings, costumes, mediæval, kings, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2018-06-09

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1152.—Great Seal of Henry IV. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Keywords: royalty, seals, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2005-12-09

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1153.—Henry IV. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A portrait of Henry IV showing his face, and of course his kingly crown.

Keywords: people, royalty, beards, crowns, portraits, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-02

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1154.—Signature of Henry IV. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Keywords: royalty, calligraphy, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2005-12-09

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1156.—Tomb of Henry IV and his Queen Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

One day whilst he was praying before the shrine of [Edward] the confessor in Westminster Ammey, he was seized with an apoplectic fit. The attendants carried him to the abbot’s apartments, and there l [...]

Keywords: tombs, royalty, statuary, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-02-17

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1250.—Archers. (From various MSS. of the 14th Century.) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Three archers, or bowmen, pose for us: the leftmost carries a bow and a shield, or possibly a quiver, slung around his waist and hanging at his right hip; the middle archer has a sword and a bow; the [...]

Keywords: costumes, weapons, archery, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-22

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1251.—Storming a Fort. (Haeleian M.S. 4379.) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A few words by way of appendage to this part of our subject may here be devoted to the subject of our engravings, representing the storming of a fort (Fig. 1251), the siege of a town (Fig. 1252), and [...]

Keywords: castles, battles, people, towers, weapons, crossbows, spears, cannon, tents, soldiers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-24

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1252.—Siege of a Town. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A few words by way of appendage to this part of our subject may here be devoted to the subject of our engravings, representing the storming of a fort (Fig. 1251), the siege of a town (Fig. 1252), and [...]

Keywords: battles, people, towers, weapons, crossbows, cannon, tents, soldiers, warfare, battelements, walls, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-08-20

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1253.—Breaching Tower; Archers behind their Pavison; Canon, Crossbow-men, &c. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A few words by way of appendage to this part of our subject may here be devoted to the subject of our engravings, representing the storming of a fort (Fig. 1251), the siege of a town (Fig. 1252), and [...]

Keywords: battles, castles, weapons, siege engines, archery, soldiers, warfare, battlments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-09-21

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1254.—Jousting Tournament. Harleian MS. 4379 Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This wood engraving shows two knights on their horses, charging towards one another with their lances pointed. In the background are great tents or marquees and a watching audience. The heraldic arms [...]

Keywords: jousting, sports, chivalry, knights, tents, people, contests, riding, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-01-04

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1273.—Present State of Borthwick Castle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Bortwick castle was built in the 1430s; it is inhabited (now as a hotel) and is in good condition, despite the grass growing on the battlements in this 1840s engraving. It capitulated to Cromwell in 1 [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, decay, greyscale

Places shown: Borthwick; Midlothian; Scotland

Added: 2010-05-29

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1274.—Moveable Towers of Archers, Cannon, etc. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

(Royal MS. 14 Edw. IV)“A few words by way of appendage to this part of our subject may here be devoted to the subject of our engravings, representing the storming of a fort (Fig. 1251), the siege of a [...]

Keywords: battles, castles, weapons, siege engines, archery, soldiers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-18

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1275.—Tomb of Sir John Crosby. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A tomb lies in a quiet corner of a church, partly in deep shadow.[...] This is the church of St. Helen’s in Bishopsgate (Fig. 1285), formerly the remains of a priory of Benedictine nuns, whose long ro [...]

Keywords: tombs, interiors, churches, spooky, death, statuary, carving, gothic architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Bishopsgate; London; England

Added: 2012-09-19

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1303.—Guy’s Cliff in the 17th Century Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Keywords: water, trees, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-04-10

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1304.—Chapel at Guy’s Cliff Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Keywords: churches, ruins, towers, trees, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Guy’s Cliffe; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-04-10

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1305.—Church of Aston Cantlow Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Shakespeare’s parents may have been married in this church, didicated to St. John the Baptist. The church clock dates from the fourteenth century. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book in t [...]

Keywords: churches, gravestones, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Aston Cantlow; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-08-26

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1308.—Stratford Church: West End Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

See alsoStratford Church Looking In Through The Door.

The niches above the door may have held statues before the Reformation.

Keywords: churches, gravestones, windows, entrances, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Stratford; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2004-08-26

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