John Richard Green Collection (page 2)

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. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

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. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

Toll collector, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Smith, 15th century (1893)
Smith, 1893. From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

The Fox and the Grapes, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Aesops Fables printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

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). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

Rectory House, Great Snoring, Norfolk, end of the 15th century, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II

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). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co, London

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). Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
St Faiths Church in the crypt of old St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1657 (1892). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I

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. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

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. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

St John the Evangelist, 8th century (1892). From the Lindisfarne Gospels. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I

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. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

St Matthew, 7th century (1892). From the Book of Kells, AD 650-690. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume I, Macmillan and Co

Interior of St Stephens Church, Walbrook, City of London, 1893. Built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1672-1679, St Stephens Walbrook is one of the numerous churches designed by him to replace those

Bunyans Dream, 1680, (1893). Frontispiece to John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress, 4th edition, 1680. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

The old observing-room, Greenwich, late 17th century (1893). The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded in 1675 by King Charles II, with John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal

Street in Galway, showing the house of Thomas Lynch, 1893
Street in Galway, Ireland, showing the house of Thomas Lynch, 1893. Lynch was Mayor of Galway, but was expelled from his post and house in 1654 by Peter Stubbers, the English military governor

Autograph note of Oliver Cromwell to a petition of the East India Company, November 1657, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons, c1642 (1893). Born at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Lenthall (1591-1662) became Speaker of the House of Commons in the Long Parliament of 1640

Order of Lords and Commons concerning arms, 1643 / 1644, (1893)
Order of Lords and Commons concerning arms, 1643/1644, (1893). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co

Lambeth Palace, London, 1647 (1893). View of the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, after W Hollar, 1647

The Proctor and Parator, 1641, (1893). Title page of a tract on the abuse and exorbitance of the ecclesiastical courts, 1641

Parliament House, Edinburgh, built 1632-1639, (1893). Interior view of Parliament Hall with its hammerbeam roof, built during the reign of Charles I

City of Westminster, 1647 (1893). View after W Hollar, 1647, showing Parliament House, Westminster Hall and Abbey from across the Thames

Figures designed by Inigo Jones for the masque, 1893. As well as being a prominent architect, Jones was actively involved in theatre stage design

A supper party, early 17th century, (1893). Ballad in the Roxburghe Collection, (British Museum). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Facsimile from the book of accounts of the Coopers Company, 1576, (1893). Hazlitt, Livery Companies of London. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

The Council of War, 1623-1624, (1893). The future King Charles I travelled to Spain in 1623 to arrange a marriage to the Infanta Maria Anna, daughter of Philip III of Spain

Prince Charless welcome home from Spain, 1623, (1893). The future King Charles I travelled to Spain in 1623 to arrange a marriage to the Infanta Maria Anna, daughter of Philip III of Spain

Judges in their robes, 1893. From Ms Add 28330 (British Museum). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co

Figures designed by Inigo Jones for the masque of The Fortune Isles, 17th century (1893). As well as being a prominent architect, Jones was actively involved in theatre stage design

A family meal, early 17th century, (1893). From a ballad in the Roxburghe Collection. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

Magdalen College, Oxford, 17th century, (1894). The college was founded in 1458. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume IV

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