John Richard Collection

Map of the Wars of the Roses, 15th century (1893). The Wars of the Roses was a civil war fought over the throne of England between adherents of the House of Lancaster and the House of York

Warwick the Kingmaker, 15th century English nobleman and soldier, (1893)
Warwick the King aker, 15th century English nobleman and soldier, (1893). Warwick (1428-1471) in armour holding a shield and sword

Francis Seymour in costume for Queen Victorias Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843)

Frederick Child-Villiers in costume for Queen Victorias Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843). British politician Frederick Child-Villiers (1815-1871) as Guy de la Motte

Emily Duchess of Beaufort in costume for Queen Victorias Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843). Emily Frances (nee Smyth), Duchess of Beaufort (1800-1889) in Elizabethan-inspired dress

James Innes-Ker in Plantagenet costume for Queen Victorias Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843). British peer James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe (1816-1879) in chain mail and crown

Guest in costume for Queen Victorias Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843). Creator
Guest in costume for Queen Victorias Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843). Man in a cloak with the Maltese cross symbol on his tabard

Guest in 16th century costume for Queen Victorias Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843)

Prince Albert in costume as Plantagenet King Edward III for the Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843)

Seal of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, 14th century (1892). Robert I ruled Scotland from 1306 until 1329

Chart of the Spanish Armadas course, 1588 (1893). Pines engraving of 1739, of a tapestry then in the House of Lords

John Strange Williams and Sarah Ann Williams, 1830

Front of the old East India House, London, 1894

Captain John Smith, Virginia colonist, 1624, (1893). Smith (1580-1631) established the first permanent English colony in North America, at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607

Part of a letter written by Nelson just before the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (1894). Fround in the collection of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Weaving at Spitalfields, London, 1747 (1894). From Hogarths Industry and Idleness series

Proclamation of the order for the execution of Louis XVI of France, 1793 (1894)

The colonies of North America at the declaration of independence, 1776 (1894)

Shah Alam II, Mughal Emperor of India, reviewing the East India Companys troops, 1781 (1894)

School, early 18th century (1894). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume IV, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1894

Trade label of the South Sea Company, 18th century (1894)

English squadron carrying troops to take possession of Dunkirk, 1708, (1894). An engagement during the War of the Spanish Succession. From History of Queen Anne, 1740

Invitation to a meeting of the Goldsmiths Company, 1707, (1894). From the Bagford Collection, British Museum

The Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen, London, 1681 (1894). Frontispiece to Thomas de Launes Present State of London, 1681

Royal mandate to erase the name of Locke from the students of Christ Church
Royal mandate to erase the name of John Locke from the students of Christ Church, Oxford, 1684, (1894)

Coronation of a king, early 14th century, (1893). From a manuscript in the collection of Corpus Christ College, Cambridge

Sir Christopher Wrens original model for St Pauls cathedral, London, c1670-1672 (1893). Wren was commissioned to design the replacement for the cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire of London

An Irish chief and his attendants, 1581, (1893). From The Image of Irelande by John Derrick, 1581

An Irish banquet, 1581, (1893). From The Image of Irelande by John Derrick, 1581

Conference of the Earl of Gloucester and an Irish Chief, Richard IIs campaign in Ireland, 1399, (1893)

Ships bringing provisions to the English host, Richard IIs campaign in Ireland, 1399, (1893)

Ireland just before the English (Norman) invasion, 1169 (1893)

Old London Bridge, c1600 (1893). The earliest genuine full view, from a unique drawing in Pepys collection in Magdalen College, Cambridge

Title page of Francis Bacons Instauratio Magna, 1620 (1893)

The Swan Theatre, London, 1596, (1893). The Swan theatre was built by Francis Langley in c1595. The last known mention of the theatre dates from 1632

The Redcrosse Knight, 1598, (1893). From The Faerie Queene, the epic poem by Edmund Spenser, third edition, 1598

February, 1597 (1893). Illustration from Shepherds Calendar, 1597

January, 1597 (1893). Illustration from Shepherds Calendar, 1597

Journey-ring, or Viatorium, 1587 (1893). A form of timepiece for travellers

Chart of the Spanish Armadas course, 1588 (1893). Pines engraving of 1739, of a tapestry then in the House of Lords

Title page of Acts of Parliament, 1585, (1893)

Title page of The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney, third edition, 1598 (1893)

Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex, 1688, (1893). Audley End was one of the grandest Jacobean houses in England, built between 1605 and 1614 for Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk

Coiners at work, 1577, (1893). From Holinshed d History, 1577

The States General at Orleans, France, 1560, (1893). The first meeting of the French legislative assembly for 76 years. From an engraving of 1570 by Jacques Tortorel

Queen Elizabeth I at prayer, 1569, (1893). Frontispiece to Christian Prayers, 1569

Tower of London, c1543, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

The Charter House Hospital, London, 1775, (1893). Originally a Carthusian monastery, it became a hospital and school founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611

York Minster, 1893. The building of York Minster began in 1220, when Archbishop Walter de Gray decided to rebuild the existing Norman Minster in a style and on a scale to rival Canterbury Cathedral

Title page of the Great Bible, 1539, (1893)

Traitors Gate, Tower of London, 1801, (1893). Artist: Charles Tomkins
Traitors Gate, Tower of London, 1801, (1893). The entrance to the Tower from the Thames, Traitors Gate afforded many prisoners their last glimpse of the outside world

Holbein Gate, Whitehall, London, (1893). The gate was built in 1532 by Henry VIII, but was demolished in the 18th century

Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, London, 1893. Started by Cardinal Wolsey in 1514, Hampton Court Palace passed to King Heny VIII in 1529 when Wolsey fell from favour

High Street, Shrewsbury, 1825 (1893). From Hugh Owen and JB Blakeway s, History of Shrewsbury, 1825

Friars Street, Worcester, 1893. From John Britton s, The Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities

Title page of Lucian, 1521, (1893). Printed in Cambridge, 1521. Lucian (120-c180) was a Greek rhetoritician and satirirical author

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch author, scholar and humanist, (1893). Erasmus (1497-1543) was probably the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance

Printing press, 1511, (1893). Title page of Hegesippus, printed by Jodocus Badius Ascensius, Paris, 1511

Title page of Kalendarium by Regiomontanus, 1476, (1893). Regiomontanus (Johannes Mueller von Konigsberg) (1436-1476) was a German astronomer, mathematician and astrologer

Aesop, 15th century (1893). Frontispiece to Fables of Aesop, printed by William Caxton

Toll collector, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton

Smith, 15th century (1893)
Smith, 1893. From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton

The Fox and the Grapes, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Aesops Fables printed by William Caxton

The New Inn, Gloucester, 1893. The inn was built in the 1450s to provide accommodation for pilgrims to Gloucester Cathedral

Advertisement for a book printed by William Caxton, 15th century (1893)

Rectory House, Great Snoring, Norfolk, end of the 15th century, (1893)

Court of Kings Bench, 1893. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard1893 Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

Castle Gate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1893. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893

Reception of Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 15th century, (1893). Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382-1439) was an English nobleman and military commander

One hundred clerks, New College, Oxford, c1453, (1892)

King Richard II of England and his patron saints, 14th century (1893). The reign of Richard II (1367-1400) was characterised by intermittent periods of tension between the king and the barons

St Faiths Church in the crypt of old St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1657 (1892)

Entrance to the choir of old St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, 1892. The cathedral was destroyed by the Geat Fire of London in1666

Bone chessmen of Scandinavian design, 12th or 13th century, (1892). Found on the Isle of Lewis, now in the British Museum

Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, his wife, and daughter-in-law, 1340, (1892). From the Luttrell Psalter

The Virgin and Child, 13th century, (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1892

Knight in armour, late 13th century, (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1892

Matthew Paris at the feet of the Virgin and Child, 13th century, (1892). From Paris own drawing

St John the Evangelist, 8th century (1892). From the Lindisfarne Gospels

Map of Britain in 665, (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1892

Kits Coty house, Kent, 1892
Kits Coty House, Kent, 1892. Kits Coty House or Kits Coty is the name of the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow on Bluebell Hill near Aylesford in Kent

Boat for fourteen pairs of oars, found at Nydam, Jutland, 1892. From Montelius, Early Civilization in Sweden

St Matthew, 7th century (1892). From the Book of Kells, AD 650-690

Interior of St Stephens Church, Walbrook, City of London, 1893

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