The royal Palace bearing the above name was originally an abbey, founded by David I., A. D. 1128.
The Holyrood Palace and Chapel at Edinburgh
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.
La Gomera. The Canary Islands.
The favourite anchorage of Christopher Columbus on his voyages of discovery.
King Richard and the third crusade. The Knights of english history.
The Exploits of King Richard I. the Third Crusade. The siege of Acre. The third crusade.
Bramshill House. Hampshire, United Kingdom.
BRAMSHILL HOUSE is one of the most perfect of the remaining mansions of the time of James the First.
James Wolfe and the capture of Quebec City.
James Wolfe (1727-1759) was a British general, significant for his role in Britain’s conquest of Canada.
The dress of the people of the fourteenth century
Costumes of the late Middle Ages. Fourtenth century. The period is one of lavish use of color.