THE fleet with the troops came to an anchor in the open sea, off this Creek, on the 25th of August, 1808.
Landing of the English troops in the Bay of Maceira.
Category: Europe
Fashions in Europe. European Costume and Cultural History.
The Purse of Rob Roy, Toadstone Amulet. Purse of Rob Roy.
Toadstone Amulet protecting new-born children and their mothers from the power of the fairies. Purse of Rob Roy, Helen Macgregor`s Brooch. Abbotsford, the personal relics and antiquarian treasures of Sir Walter Scott.
Woman folk dress from Saint Jean d’Arves, Savoy France.
Traditional woman folk dress from Saint Jean d’Arves, Savoy France. Costumes Nationaux by Lepage Medvey, Editions Hyperion, 1939. Gallery: Traditional French national costumes
Abbotsford hall door. A complete suit of feudal steel armour.
Hall door looking towards study and showing corner of desk.
Woman from Les Sables-d’Olonne, France
Woman folk dress from Les Sables-d’Olonne in traditional folk dress. Costumes Nationaux by Lepage Medvey, Editions Hyperion, 1939. Gallery: Traditional French national costumes
Tyrolean peasants from St. Johann in Tirol 1835.
Tyrolean peasants in Tavern scene near the village St. Johann in Tirol.
Old man in traditional Dutch dress, 1830.
Old man in traditional Dutch dress, 1830.
Dutch woman of Volendam in 1904
Dutch woman of Volendam. Dutch woman in traditional costume sitting in a chair, reading a book and drinking tea. Painting by Nico Jungmann 1904.
Bride from Ehingen in Wedding dress 1830
Bride from Ehingen, Swabia in Wedding dress 1830.
Sir Walter Scott`s Meerschaum pipes, spectacles, case, and paper-cutter.
The pipes are finely coloured meerschaum, mounted in silver and with silver covers.