Charles Henry Bourne Quennell Gallery

A Factoryscape in the Potteries, (1938)

A Factoryscape in the Potteries, (1938). Smoke from chimneys in the industrial area known as the Staffordshire Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent. Due to the local availability of clay and coal, North Staffordshire became a centre of ceramic production in the early 17th century. Illustration from A History of Everyday Things in England - Done in four parts of which this is the third. The Rise of Industrialism 1733-1851, by Marjorie and C. D. B. Quennell. [B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, 1938]

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A Bird's-Eye View of Caernarvon Castle, North Wales, (1931)

A Bird's-Eye View of Caernarvon Castle, North Wales, (1931). Caernarfon (Caernarvon) Castle, one of the iron ring surrounding Snowdonia, built in the late 13th and early 14th century by Edward I to suppress potential Welsh rebellions. It withstood sieges in the uprising of 1294-1295 and again in 1403 and 1404 when the castle was besieged by the forces of Owain Glyndwr. Illustration from A History of Everyday Things in England - Done in two parts of which this is the first - 1066-1499, by Marjorie and C. D. B. Quennell. [B. T. Batsford, London, 1931]

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A Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, (1931). Artist: Charles Henry Bourne Quennell

A Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, (1931). The last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled from 1558 until 1603. She is referred to as The Virgin Queen, as she never married. Here she appears in a jewel-encrusted dress, with an ostrich-feather fan, and a veil covered in pearls. After a painting by Zuccaro. Illustration from A History of Everyday Things in England - Done in two parts of which this is the second - 1500-1799, by Marjorie and C. D. B. Quennell. [B. T. Batsford, London, 1931]

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