Few monarchs have been so distinguished by their avidity for knowledge and instruction as Francis I.
Francis the first, King of France
Military Baccalaureate Examination in Sin Tcheou Fou.
Atlas of the Indochina Exploration Tour by Doudart de Lagree (1823-68), published in Paris in 1874.
The Palazzo Vecchio at Florence by Alexandre Dumas.
The Palazzo Vecchio (“old palace”), as the seat of the city parliament, represented the center of secular power in 14th century Florence.
Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire in 1777.
The Print exhibits the north-well and the remains of the east tides of the Castle, as they were in the year 1777.
The Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral is still considered “one of the most important and enigmatic monuments in the history of art”.
The Holyrood Palace and Chapel at Edinburgh
The royal Palace bearing the above name was originally an abbey, founded by David I., A. D. 1128.
The Siberian or Manchurian Tiger (Felis tigris mongolica)
The tiger is, and apparently always has been, an essentially Asiatic animal
The Bureau du Roi of Louis XV France 1769.
The Bureau du Roi. Louis-quinze style.
Hilendar on Mount Athos, the “Holy Mountain.”
The mountain of Athos is well known throughout the entire Orthodox world as the centre of a great monastic republic.
Brasses at Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England 16th c..
The pedimental head-dress, which had so long a reign, is well represented by the brasses at Boughton Malherbe, 1529.