Butler Collection (page 3)

St Bernard, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 6, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Anne, 1886. According to Christian tradition St Anne was the mother of the Virgin Mary. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 6, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St John the Evangelist, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 5, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Vincent de Paul, 1886. A French Catholic priest, St Vincent de Paul (c1580-1660) was captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery in Tunis

St Scholastica, 1886. Born in Italy, St Scholastica (c480-543) was the twin sister of St Benedict and was the leader of a community of nuns

St Henry, Holy Roman Emperor, 1886. Henry II (973-1024) was the fifth and final Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon Ottonian dynasty

St Dominic, 1886. Born in Spain, St Dominic (1170-1221) founded the Dominican order of friars. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 5, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Barbara, 1886. A Christian martyr who died c235, St Barbara was shut up in a tower to protect her from suitors. She is said to have put a third set of windows into the tower to represent

St Thomas, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 4, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Ferdinand (Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon), 1886. Ferdinand (1199-1252) was King of Castile from 1217 and Leon from 1230

Stella Maria, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 4, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Andrew the Apostle, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 3, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Peter, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 3, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

Saint and Angels, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 3, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Stephen, 1886. St Stephen is regarded as the first Christian martyr. He was stoned to death in 34 or 35 AD. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 3, by the Rev Alban Butler

St Genevieve, 1886. St Genevieve or Genovefa (422-500), the French saint who dedicated herself to God at the age of 7 and took the veil at 15

St Elizabeth of Hungary, 1886. Elizabeth (1207-1231) was the daughter of Andras II of Hungary. After the death in 1227 of her husband Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, from plague while on crusade

St Edward the Confessor, 1886. Edward the Confessor, King of England from 1042-1066. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 2, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St John the Baptist, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 2, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Leo the Great, 1886. Leo I, Pope from 440-461. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 2, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Mathilda, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 2, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Catherine, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 1, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Mary Magdalene, 1886. Devoted disciple of Jesus. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 1, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Agnes, 1886. Agnes, 4th century virgin martyr and saint, Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 1, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

St Isidore, 1886. St Isidore of Seville (c560-636), Archbishop of Seville. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 1, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

The Saints, 1886. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 1, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

The Festive Season, 1883 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
The Festive Season, 1883 (1891). Mistress: And you may all of you ask a friend to dinner, you know; and, Smithers, you can ask your wife. Butler: Thanks you, ma am; I think not, if you please

Letter by Charles I, King of England, to the Duke of Ormonde, 1645 (1865). Artist: Frederick George Netherclift
Letter by Charles I King of England, to the Duke of Ormonde, 1645 (1865). James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland at the time

General Butler, Union general of the American Civil War and politician, (c1880). Butler (1818-1893) commanded the force that occupied New Orleans after the Union Navy captured the city in 1862

James Wandesford Butler, Marquis of Ormonde, 1830

Arrival of Dr Brydon at Jalalabad, 13 January 1842, (1900)
Arrival of Dr Brydon at Jalalabad with news of 16, 500 British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 13 January 1842, (1900). Engraving after Remnants of an Army, a painting of 1879

Samuel Butler, 17th century English poet and satirist, (c1850). Butler (1612-1680) is best remembered for Hudibras, a satirical poem on Puritanism. Taken from the book Old Englands Worthies

Oh ah! let em ring again!, c1840s. Artist: George Cruikshank
Oh ah! let em ring again!, c1840s. Cartoon sketch of servants relaxing by the hearth while their masters ring for service

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, (1824). Artist: E Scriven
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, (1824). Butler (1610-1688) commanded the English Royalist forces during the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier, (1831). Artist: H Robinson
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier, (1831). Butler (1665-1745) took command of a cavalry regiment in Ireland in 1684

A Norman butler and his assistants, (1910). During the early Norman Period (late 11th-early 12th century), the dress of the Saxons changed little

Portrait of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, ca 1537. Artist: Holbein, Hans, the Younger (1497-1543)
Portrait of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, ca 1537. Found in the collection of the Royal Collection, London

Illustration from the poem Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, 1726. Artist: William Hogarth
Illustration from the poem Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, 1726. Hudibras is a satrical poem about the various factions involved in the English Civil War

William Butler, English physician and writer. Artist: Clamp
William Butler, English physician and writer. Portrait of Butler (1535-1618) from an original picture in Clare Hall, Cambridge

Exterior of the South Temple, Ebsamboul, Nubia, c1850. Artist: Augustus Butler
Exterior of the South Temple, Ebsamboul, Nubia, c1850. Found in the collection of the British Museum, London

Exterior of the North Temple, Ebsamboul, Nubia, c1850. Artist: Augustus Butler
Exterior of the North Temple, Ebsamboul, Nubia, c1850. Found in the collection of the Schuster Gallery

Interior of the North Temple, Ebsamboul, Nubia, Egypt, 19th century. Artist: Augustus Butler
Interior of the North Temple, Ebsamboul, Nubia, Egypt, 19th century

Pyramids of Giza, 1843. Artist: Augustus Butler
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 1843. The Sphinx is in the foreground. From the collection of the British Museum, London

Joseph and Potiphars wife andJoseph in prison interpreting dreams, 14th century
Joseph and Potiphars wife and, below, Joseph in prison interpreting the dreams of the baker and the butler, from the Golden Haggadah, a medieval Jewish manuscript from Spain

William Lilly (1602-1681), English astrologer, 1673. Lilly was the model for Sidrophel in Samuel Butlers satire Hudibras, 1663-1678. Portrait engraving from Lillys Merlini Anglici Ephemeris

Oh ah! let em ring again!, 1847. Artist: George Cruikshank
Oh ah! let em ring again!, 1847. Rebellion below stairs as the servants, snug in front of the range, fail to answer the house bells at the first ring

Out of the Question, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Out of the Question, 1872. The Butler, Mr Gladstone, considers giving notice to Britannia. She refuses to allow him to go until the Alabama Claim being pursued by America is settled

The End of the Season, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
The End of the Season, 1871. Prime Minister Gladstone is portrayed as the matronly Britannias butler. The current session of Parliament had come to an end

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