John Richard Collection (#2)

January, 1597 (1893). Illustration from Shepherds Calendar, 1597. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co

Journey-ring, or Viatorium, 1587 (1893). A form of timepiece for travellers. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Chart of the Spanish Armadas course, 1588 (1893). Pines engraving of 1739, of a tapestry then in the House of Lords. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Title page of Acts of Parliament, 1585, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York

Title page of The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney, third edition, 1598 (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex, 1688, (1893). Audley End was one of the grandest Jacobean houses in England, built between 1605 and 1614 for Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk

Coiners at work, 1577, (1893). From Holinshed d History, 1577. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co

The States General at Orleans, France, 1560, (1893). The first meeting of the French legislative assembly for 76 years. From an engraving of 1570 by Jacques Tortorel

Queen Elizabeth I at prayer, 1569, (1893). Frontispiece to Christian Prayers, 1569. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Tower of London, c1543, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

The Charter House Hospital, London, 1775, (1893). Originally a Carthusian monastery, it became a hospital and school founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611

York Minster, 1893. The building of York Minster began in 1220, when Archbishop Walter de Gray decided to rebuild the existing Norman Minster in a style and on a scale to rival Canterbury Cathedral

Title page of the Great Bible, 1539, (1893). From Cromwells Bible, also known as the Great Bible, the first authorized translation of the Bible into the English language

Traitors Gate, Tower of London, 1801, (1893). Artist: Charles Tomkins
Traitors Gate, Tower of London, 1801, (1893). The entrance to the Tower from the Thames, Traitors Gate afforded many prisoners their last glimpse of the outside world

Holbein Gate, Whitehall, London, (1893). The gate was built in 1532 by Henry VIII, but was demolished in the 18th century

Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, London, 1893. Started by Cardinal Wolsey in 1514, Hampton Court Palace passed to King Heny VIII in 1529 when Wolsey fell from favour

High Street, Shrewsbury, 1825 (1893). From Hugh Owen and JB Blakeway s, History of Shrewsbury, 1825. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by J R Green, illustrated edition

Friars Street, Worcester, 1893. From John Britton s, The Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Title page of Lucian, 1521, (1893). Printed in Cambridge, 1521. Lucian (120-c180) was a Greek rhetoritician and satirirical author

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch author, scholar and humanist, (1893). Erasmus (1497-1543) was probably the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance

Printing press, 1511, (1893). Title page of Hegesippus, printed by Jodocus Badius Ascensius, Paris, 1511. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Title page of Kalendarium by Regiomontanus, 1476, (1893). Regiomontanus (Johannes Mueller von Konigsberg) (1436-1476) was a German astronomer, mathematician and astrologer

Aesop, 15th century (1893). Frontispiece to Fables of Aesop, printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

Toll collector, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Smith, 15th century (1893)
Smith, 1893. From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

The Fox and the Grapes, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Aesops Fables printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

The New Inn, Gloucester, 1893. The inn was built in the 1450s to provide accommodation for pilgrims to Gloucester Cathedral

Advertisement for a book printed by William Caxton, 15th century (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Rectory House, Great Snoring, Norfolk, end of the 15th century, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Court of Kings Bench, 1893. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard1893 Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

Castle Gate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1893. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

Reception of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 15th century, (1893). Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382-1439) was an English nobleman and military commander

One hundred clerks, New College, Oxford, c1453, (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London

St Faiths Church in the crypt of old St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1657 (1892). Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
St Faiths Church in the crypt of old St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1657 (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I

Entrance to the choir of old St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, 1892. The cathedral was destroyed by the Geat Fire of London in1666

Bone chessmen of Scandinavian design, 12th or 13th century, (1892). Found on the Isle of Lewis, now in the British Museum

Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, his wife, and daughter-in-law, 1340, (1892). From the Luttrell Psalter. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

The Virgin and Child, 13th century, (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1892

Knight in armour, late 13th century, (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1892

Matthew Paris at the feet of the Virgin and Child, 13th century, (1892). From Paris own drawing. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

St John the Evangelist, 8th century (1892). From the Lindisfarne Gospels. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I

Map of Britain in 665, (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1892

Kits Coty house, Kent, 1892
Kits Coty House, Kent, 1892. Kits Coty House or Kits Coty is the name of the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow on Bluebell Hill near Aylesford in Kent

Boat for fourteen pairs of oars, found at Nydam, Jutland, 1892. From Montelius, Early Civilization in Sweden. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Interior of St Stephens Church, Walbrook, City of London, 1893. Built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1672-1679, St Stephens Walbrook is one of the numerous churches designed by him to replace those

Bunyans Dream, 1680, (1893). Frontispiece to John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress, 4th edition, 1680. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

The old observing-room, Greenwich, late 17th century (1893). The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded in 1675 by King Charles II, with John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal

Street in Galway, showing the house of Thomas Lynch, 1893
Street in Galway, Ireland, showing the house of Thomas Lynch, 1893. Lynch was Mayor of Galway, but was expelled from his post and house in 1654 by Peter Stubbers, the English military governor

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