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- Celt
- Celtic Chieftain in full war-dress
- Celtic warrior in hunting dress
- Celtic women
A torque of gold was worn as a necklace, and bracelets of bronze or gold were worn on the arms. The hair, parted in the middle and flowing over the shoulders, was bound by a circlet of gold and twisted wire. Sometimes a sort of super-tunic, without sleeves and reaching to just below the knees, with a check border, would be worn over the long gwn. It was confined at the waist with a belt, fastened and ornamented with bosses of bronze or gold. Women of less exalted `rank` wore the same style of dress, but of coarser cloth and less elaborately decorated. - Rescue of Edmund Pet, Mariner, 1613
Another pamphlet, of 1613, has the annexed woodcut, and is entitled ‘Lamentable Newes, shewing the Wonderful Deliverance of Maister Edmond Pet, Sayler, and Maister of a Ship, dwelling in Seething-lane, in London, neere Barking Church; with other strange things lately hapned concerning those great windes and tempestuous weather, both at Sea and Lande. Imprinted at London by T. C., for William Barley, dwelling over against Cree Church, neere Algate. 1613.’ It describes the wreck of a Newcastle ship on the east coast, and how ‘Maister Pet,’ after being exposed to the winds and waves for forty-eight hours, was rescued by a Dutch man-of-war, he being the only survivor from his ship. It will be seen the woodcut represents two seamen lowering what appears to be an arm-chair into the sea. This was probably the artist’s notion of the safest and most comfortable way to rescue shipwrecked persons. - Napoleon at Longwood
Napoleon at Longwood - Queen Victoria in 1839
Queen Victoria in 1839 - Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday - Sir John C. Hobhouse
Sir John C. Hobhouse - John Wilson Croker
John Wilson Croker - Washington Irving
Washington Irving - Lord Brougham
Lord Brougham - Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore - Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers - John Gibson Lockhart
John Gibson Lockhart - The Fraserians
The Fraserians - William Harrison Ainsworth
William Harrison Ainsworth - Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau - Regina's Maids of Honour
Regina's Maids of Honour - James Hogg
James Hogg - Lord Byron
Lord Byron - Pierre-Jean De Béranger
Pierre-Jean De Béranger - Rev. William Lisle Bowles
Rev. William Lisle Bowles - William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell - The Old Tabard Inn, High Street, Southwark
The Old Tabard Inn, High Street, Southwark - Benjamin D’Israeli
Benjamin D’Israeli - Edward Lytton Bulwer
Edward Lytton Bulwer - Lord John Russell
Lord John Russell - Burdett, Hume and O'Connell
Burdett, Hume and O'Connell - William Cobbett
William Cobbett - Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Lyndhurst - Walter Scott
Walter Scott - Mary Russell Mitford
Mary Russell Mitford - Thomas Noon Talfourd
Thomas Noon Talfourd - John Baldwin Buckstone
John Baldwin Buckstone - Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith - Alfred d Orsay
Alfred d Orsay - M. Blessington
M. Blessington - Theodore S Hook
Theodore S Hook - Fashions for 1836 and 1837
Fashions for 1836 and 1837 - The Queen receiving the sacrament, after her coronation - Westminster Abbey, June 29, 1838
- John Galt
- Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt - Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel - The Queens first council - Kensington Palace June 20 1837
Queen Victorias first council - Kensington Palace June 20 1837 The year 1837, except for the death of the old King and the accession of the young Queen, was a tolerably insignificant year. It was on June 20 that the King died. He was buried on the evening of July 9 at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; on the 10th the Queen dissolved Parliament; on the 13th she went to Buckingham Palace; and on November 9 she visited the City, where they gave her a magnificent banquet, served in Guildhall at half past five, the Lord Mayor and City magnates humbly taking their modest meal at a lower table. - The Duchess of Kent, with Princess Victoria at the age of two
The Duchess of Kent, with Princess Victoria at the age of two - Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a British historian, satirical writer, essayist, translator, philosopher, mathematician, and teacher [Wikipedia] - The first Railway Journey in England
It was called the 'Locomotion.' George Stephenson stood ready to drive it as soon as the trucks, which a stationary engine was lowering down the slope by means of a wire rope, had been attached to it. In the first of these trucks came the Directors of the Railway Company and their friends, followed by twenty-one trucks (all open to the sky, like ordinary goods-trucks), loaded with various passengers, and finally six more waggons of coal. Such was the first train. A man on horseback, carrying a flag, having taken up his position in front of the 'Locomotion' to head the procession, the starting word was given, and with a hiss of steam, half drowned in the shouting of the crowd, the first railway journey ever made in England was begun. - Crossbow and Arrows used for Sport
Another name for the crossbow was 'arbalist,' and its arrows were called quarils, or bolts. These were made of various sorts of wood; about a dozen trees were used for the purpose, but ash-wood was thought to be the best. Generally the arrows had a tip of iron, shaped like a pyramid, pointed, though for shooting at birds the top was sometimes blunt, so that a bird might be struck down without being badly wounded. One old writer says that a great difference between the long-bow and the crossbow was, that success did not depend upon who pulled the lock—a child might do this as well as a man—but with the long-bow strength was everything. In fact, during the Tudor times, the kings specially encouraged the archers to practise shooting with the long-bow, and people were even forbidden to keep crossbows. The crossbow, however, when it had reached perfection, carried much further than the ordinary long-bow. - A Contest with the Longbow
A Contest with the Longbow - Hyde Park
Hyde Park - The Good Intent - Chelsea
The Good Intent - Chelsea - Private View - the A.A.A
Private View - the A.A.A - Beasts at the zoo
Beasts at the zoo - An absent desert - the Cromwell Road
An absent desert - the Cromwell Road - The Tube
The Tube - Shepherd's Market
Shepherd's Market