Royal Sappers and Miners. Working Dress 1854.
Royal Sappers and Miners. Working Dress 1854.
Category: Military
Spanish warriors, jongleurs, minstrels in the 11th century.
The figures which form our plate represent Spanish warriors of the latter part of the eleventh century, and are interesting on account of their remarkable resemblance to the Anglo-Norman soldiers on the celebrated Bayeaux Tapestry.
Illustrations of Prudentius. Anglo-Saxon civil and military costume.
Prudentius is the most important Christian poet of late antiquity. Prudentius was very popular in the Middle Ages. There are more than 300 manuscripts, the oldest one from the 6th century.
The Black Prince. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales.
The Black Prince. Member of the French-born ruling dynasty Anjou-Plantagenêt which stood from 1154 to 1399 in direct line and until 1485 in the side lines Lancaster and York the… Read More
William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury.
William Longespée, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1167-1226, also William I Longespée or Lungespée). MUCH of romantic interest is attached to the name of Longuespee. The first of the name, who… Read More
Knights in combat. The warlike machines. England 13th century.
The warlike machines. Our wood-cuts represent some of the instruments used, during the middle ages, in carrying on sieges.
Bull Run. 51st regiment, New York & Pennsylvania.
The 51st regiment, New York & Pennsylvania at Bull Run. American Civil War, Battle of Bull Run in July 1861
Algeria Officer of the 9th regiment of horse hunters.
Algeria Officer of the 9th regiment of horse hunters. (Oran 1881)
Renaissance Helmet of Alfonso Piccololomini di Firenze.
Renaissance Helmet of Alfonso Piccololomini di Firenze.
A Trooper at the Court of Amarapoorah. Burma.
A Trooper at the Court of Amarapoorah.