Francis Collection (#6)

Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis, ca. 1600. Creator: El Greco, Dominico (1541-1614)
Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis, ca. 1600. Found in the collection of the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence

Saint Francis Delivers the Rule, ca 1445. Creator: Colantonio, Niccolò Antonio (ca 1420-ca 1460)
Saint Francis Delivers the Rule, ca 1445. Found in the Collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Sir Francis Drake attacking a Spanish treasure ship (actually a Portuguese carrack, the Sao Filipe, containing gold, spices and silk), off the Azores, 8 June 1587

Lord & Lady Loughborough and Sir John Milbanke
Margaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm, daughter of Harry Chisholm of Sydney, NSW, Australia married in 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough

18th century military tents by rank
18th century military tents: tent poles 1, privates tent 2, , fly tent 3, 4, officers marquis 5, subalterns tent 6, captains tent with chimney 7, field officers marquis 9, servants tent 10

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, four planes
Advance Training Machines. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965) was a Scottish peer and record-breaking air pioneer who was later shown to have passed secret

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Avro 504
The Avro Flight (A) Staff, group photo with Avro 504. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965)

A Young Fisherman in Stapleton Glen, early-mid 19th century, (1946). Creator: Francis Danby
A Young Fisherman in Stapleton Glen, early-mid 19th century, (1946). Boy fishing at Stapleton near Bristol. Painting in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol

Cricket as Played in the Artillery Ground, London, 1785, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Cricket as Played in the Artillery Ground, London, 1785, (1947). A game of cricket being played at Finsbury (now in north London)

The home of snooker - The Oottacamund Club, Southern India
Playing snooker at the Ootacamund Club, Ootacamund (known as Snooty Ooty) in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, where snooker originated on the billiard tables during the Raj

St. Francis of Assisi and the Young Monk Returning from a Preaching Tour, 1936. Francis of Assisi (c1181-1226) returns to the monastery after walking the city in discussion with a young monk

Emperor Franz Joseph I visits Zavidovici, Bosnia Herzegovina
A visit by Franz Joseph I (18301916), the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and monarch of other states in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Zavidovici in Bosnia and Herzegovina

New York City, Manhattan, Times Square Covid-19 Love screen during Pandemic
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La Belle Feronniere, mistress of King Francis I of France. Possibly wife of a furrier, or a lawyer called Feron. She wears a simple chaperon headdress with brim, red velvet robe with wide sleeves

The petard, a medieval explosive device in the form of a metal cone filled with gunpowder attached to a gate to blow it open. Invented in France in 1579 for Henri IV, King of Navarre

Saxon swords, daggers and crossbow bolt
Saxon weapons: ancient iron sword 1, 2, and dirks and daggers 3, 4 found in the River Wytham, Lincolnshire, and a crossbow bolt found in the camp at Danbury, Essex 5

Infantry armour and weapons, 17th century. Breastplate, musket, arquebus, sabre, sword, halberd, helmet and lance. Copperplate engraving by N.C

Group photo, Boer War soldiers, with boy bugler
Group photo of Boer War soldiers, including Bugler John Francis Dunne (the boy seated on the ground, right), who saw action at the Battle of Colenso (December 1899) with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Map of Drakes route round the world, 1577-1580
Map of Sir Francis Drakes route round the world, 1577-1580, in The Queens Pirate, The tale of Drakes argosy of terror, by B J Clarke, illustrated by W G Savory. Date: 16th century

Lady Patricia Douglas
Lady Patricia Sybil Douglas (born 24 December 1918) on the front cover of The Sketch magazine. She was the daughter of Francis Douglas

Timothy Michael Healey - Irish Nationalist Politician
Strong T. Timothy Michael Healey (1855-1931), an Irish Nationalist Politician and British MP. Date: 1900

The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi)
L Dorado. The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi) (1835-1908) causing trouble for a (representation of) the Chinese Emperor. Date: 1900

The Field of the Cloth of Gold - Henry VIII and Francis I
The Meeting of King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of Francis at the Field of the Cloth of Gold or Camp du Drap d Or, the name given to a place in Balinghem, between Guines and Ardres

Portrait of a young boy, 1889 (photo)
3091119 Portrait of a young boy, 1889 (photo) by Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow (1853-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Francis Meadow (Frank) Sutcliffe (1853 - 1941)

The Doctor Dismissing Death, 1785. 1785. Creators: Peter Simon, Francis Jukes
The Doctor Dismissing Death, 1785

Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, c1785, (1942). Creators: Robert Pollard, Francis Jukes
Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, c1785, (1942). Vauxhall Gardens in south London was a pleasure ground open for public amusement, and filled with statues, landscaped walks, theatrical arches, a Rotunda

Cricket Match in Mary-Le-Bone Fields, 1748, (1947). Creator: Charles Grignion
Cricket Match in Mary-Le-Bone Fields, 1748, (1947). Men playing cricket at Marylebone Fields, (now part of the City of Westminster, London). This is the earliest known depiction of a cricket match

Four beautiful portrait studies at the Fair Women Exhibition
Four beautiful portrait studies from the Fair Women Exhibition. (clockwise from top left): The Duchess of Rutland by J. J. Shannon, Lady Morgan Crofton by Francis Howard, Mrs H

Sir P. Sidney, (1554-1586), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sir P. Sidney, (1554-1586), 1830. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, an aristocrat educated at Christ Church, Oxford and prominent figure of the Elizabethan age

Then said Boaz to Ruth, go not to glean in another field, 1840. Creator: Henry Bryan Hall I
Then said Boaz to Ruth, go not to glean in another field, 1840. Biblical scene, from Ruth 2: 8: Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter

General Francis Marion, in coat with high collar and waistcoat, c1770, (1937). Creator: Unknown
General Francis Marion, showing coat with high collar and peculiar waistcoat, c1770, (1937). Francis Marion (1732-1795) military officer in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

The World in the Elizabethan Era, 1926. Creators: Unknown, Emery Walker Ltd
The World in the Elizabethan Era, 1926. Map of the world during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603). The key shows: Mediaeval Trade routes, (the shipping in Asiatic seas was oriental)

The Perussis Altarpiece, 1480 (oil and gold on wood)
3432881 The Perussis Altarpiece, 1480 (oil and gold on wood) by Froment, Nicolas (c.1425-c.83/86) (circle of); 138.4x58.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ain El Fouara Fountain - Setif, Algeria, North Africa
Setif, Algeria in the Province of Constantinois - Ain El Fouara Fountain. A French work by sculptor Francis de Saint-Vidal was placed atop a far earlier Fountain

Frank Ifield, Par, Cornwall. July 1991

The Bilsden (Billesdon) Coplow Day, c18th century. Artist: Francis Jukes
The Bilsden (Billesdon) Coplow Day, c18th century. After Charles Loraine Smith (1751-1835). From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXVII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1931]

Cries of London Plate 12: Hot Spice Gingerbread, smoaking hot!, 1796, (1911)
Cries of London Plate 12, Hot Spice Gingerbread, smoking hot! Du Croquet de Pain d Epices!, 1796 (1911). After an original work by Francis Wheatley (1747-1801)

Cries of London Plate 13: Turnips & Carrots, Carottes & Navets, 1797. (1911)
Cries of London Plate 13, Turnips & Carrots, Carottes & Navets, 1797. After an original work by Francis Wheatley (1747-1801). From The Connoisseur Volume XXIX [Otto Limited, London, 1911]

Francis, Duke of Teck, c1895. Artist: WS Stuart
Francis, Duke of Teck, c1895. In 1866 Francis, Duke of Teck (1837-1900), married Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a granddaughter of King George III of the United Kingdom

Apse decorated by Cristoforo di Bindoccio and Meo di Pero, San Francesco Chapel, Pienza, Tuscany, Italy

Europe, Italy, Liguria. Monterosso statue of Saint Francis overlooking the sea

United Kingdom, England, London, Kings Cross. The Francis Crick Institute - biomedical research centre in London, with St. Pancras railway station in the rear of shot

Austria, Vienna, St. Francis of Assisi Church, also known as the Kaiser Jubilee Church and the Mexico Church

Italy, Umbria, Assisi, Basilica of Saint Francis at sunset

Upper Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Perugia district, Umbria, Italy

Saint Francis Church, twilight, Salta, Argentina

Cityscape with Saint Francis Church from San Bernardo Hill, Salta, Argentina

Lord and Lady St Levan, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), walk along the causeway from their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

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"Francis: A Tale of Courage, Exploration, and Inspiration" In the year 1845, two renowned ships set sail on a treacherous journey - HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. Little did they know that their namesake, Francis Crozier, would become synonymous with bravery in the face of adversity. Just as Watson and Crick unraveled the mysteries of DNA with their model, Captain Francis Crozier embarked on a quest to unravel uncharted territories in the icy Arctic. Like a modern-day St. Francis of Assisi preaching to birds, he fearlessly led his crew through unforgiving landscapes. As Mary Queen of Scots faced her trials with unwavering strength, so did Captain Crozier when confronted by nature's wrath. He battled against freezing temperatures and relentless ice floes while commanding his ship with unparalleled determination. Much like Horatio Nelson's legendary naval exploits as Vice Admiral of the White fleet, Captain Crozier displayed strategic brilliance amidst chaos. His leadership became an anchor for his crew during those perilous times. But it wasn't just courage that defined Francis; he possessed a deep appreciation for nature's beauty too. Just as Lady Ferns and True Maidenhair flourish in harmony within forests' depths, he found solace amidst the frozen wilderness. Like Saint Francis of Assisi who preached love for all creatures great and small, Captain Crozier respected every living being around him - even in the harshest conditions imaginable. His compassion extended beyond humanity to embrace all forms of life existing within this vast world. When Plymouth Hoe witnessed The Armada approaching its shores in 1880 (1911), artist John Seymour Lucas captured not only history but also echoes of bravery akin to our protagonist's spirit. Similarly capturing timeless moments was Franz Peter Schubert through his enchanting music; Joseph Kriehuber immortalized him in lithograph form forevermore.