Robe Collection (#40)

The Installation of the Knights of the Order of the Bath, The Kings Offering, 1928. Artist: Frank O Salisbury
The Installation of the Knights of the Order of the Bath, The Kings Offering, 1928. From The Illustrated London News Silver Jubilee Record Number 1910-1935

Offering to the Dead, 1880. Artist: Antique
Offering to the Dead, 1880. The veneration of the dead, including ones ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J

Statues on the Outside of Guild Hall, 1783, (1886). Lithographic print from the Discriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London, 1886

St. Gregory The Great, 12th century, (1939). Illumination from a 12th century manuscript found at the Abbaye de Saint-Amand-en-Pevele, France

Blossoms, 1881, (c1900). Artist: Albert Moore
Blossoms, 1881, (c1900). Held at the Tate Britain, London. From Famous Pictures of the World, c1900

St. Anthony Reading, 1519, (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
St. Anthony Reading, 1519, (1906). The drawing is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From The Engravings of Albert Durer, by Lionel Cust. [Seeley and Co. Limited, London, 1906]

Whole Length of an Old Man in Profile to the Right, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Whole Length of an Old Man in Profile to the Right, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburgh Strellitz, Queen of England, Wife of George 3rd, 1911. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) wife of King George III (1738-1820)

Loves Game of Chess - Apollo watches the Muses dance, 1937. Artist: Emile- Aurele Van Moe
Loves Game of Chess - Apollo watches the Muses dance, 1937. From Verve - Vol.1, No. 1, December 1937. [Verve, France, 1937]

King William III, 1657 (c1927). Artist: Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen
King William III, 1657 (c1927). King William III (1650-1702) reigned over the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1689 to 1702. The painting is held by the National Portrait Gallery, London

A Retainer from Cutch, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
A Retainer from Cutch, 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911

Two Mandingos from north-western Liberia, 1912. Artist: Harry Johnston
Two Mandingos from north-western Liberia, 1912. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. II. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912]

The Philosopher and his friend at Prayer, c1917, (1917). Artist: Gunning King
The Philosopher and his friend at Prayer, c1917, (1917). From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

Henry VII, King of England from 1485, (1932). Artist: Rosalind Thornycroft
Henry VII, King of England from 1485, (1932). Henry (1457-1509) came to the throne in 1485 after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last engagement of the Wars of the Roses

King George III, c1761-62, (1911). Artists: Unknown, Allan Ramsay
King George III, c1761-62, (1911). George III (1738-1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801

Ceres (Ceres), c1850
Cerere (Ceres), c1850

Minerva (Minerve argolique), c1850

Melpomene (Melpomene), c1850

Erato, c1850

Calliope, c1850

Urania (Uranie), c1850

Edward II, 1783. Artist: Taylor
Edward II, 1783. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From New Complete and Authentic History of England, by Edward Barnard. [Alex Hogg, London, 1783]

Henry IV, 1783. Artists: Samuel Wale, John Cary
Henry IV, 1783. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From New Complete and Authentic History of England, by Edward Barnard. [Alex Hogg, London, 1783]

Henry I, 1783. Artist: John Keyse Sherwin
Henry I, 1783. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From New Complete and Authentic History of England, by Edward Barnard. [Alex Hogg, London, 1783]

Edward III, 1783. Artist: George Walker
Edward III, 1783. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From New Complete and Authentic History of England, by Edward Barnard. [Alex Hogg, London, 1783]

Mnemosine (Mnemosyne), c1850

King Stephen, 1783. Artist: Hawkins
King Stephen, 1783. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From New Complete and Authentic History of England, by Edward Barnard. [Alex Hogg, London, 1783]

Mercurio Fanciulo (Mercure enfant), c1850

Giunone (Junon voilee), c1850

Funeral procession, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel
Funeral procession, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 1927. From Italien in Bildern, by Eugen Poppel [August Scherl, Berlin, 1927]

At Welsh National Eisteddfod, Swansea, 1926 (1937). The Duke and Duchess of York were initiated into the fraternity of the Gorsedd of Bards on 3 August 1926 at the Royal Welsh National Eisteddfod

Margaret, Princess of Wales, 1410. Joice, Lady Tiptoft, 1460, 1926. Artist: Herbert Norris
Margaret, Princess of Wales, 1410. Joice, Lady Tiptoft, 1460, 1926. Margaret Hanmer (c1370-c1420) wife of Owain Glyndwr (c1349-c1415)

A Nobleman. End of Fourteenth Century, 1926. Artist: Herbert Norris
A Nobleman. End of Fourteenth Century, 1926. From Costume & Fashion, Volume Two, Senlac to Bosworth 1066-1485, by Herbert Norris. [J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. London and Toronto, 1927]

Seated in chairs of ivory, sat a number of strange, venerable old men, c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath
Seated in chairs of ivory, sat a number of strange, venerable old men, c1912 (1912). Three days after the Battle of the Allia, the Gauls advanced on Rome

Abraham Cowley, c1658. Artist: Peter Lely
Abraham Cowley, c1658. Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was an English poet. Painting held at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. From The Connoisseur Volume XC. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1932]

Prince Rupert, Count Palatinate, c1670. Artist: Peter Lely
Prince Rupert, Count Palatinate, c1670. Painting held at the National Portrait Gallery, London. From The Connoisseur Vol. LXXV. [The Connoisseur, London, 1926]

Homer, 1st-2nd century, Roman poet, from Baiae, Campania, Italy, 1924
Homer, Roman, from Baiae, Campania, Italy, 1st-2nd century. The blind poet, Homer, is thought to have lived in Greece around 750 to 700 BC

Pius X, c1903, (1903). Artist: A Dal Mistra
Pius X, c1903, (1903). Pope Saint Pius X Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (1835-1914). From The Pall Mall Magazine Volume XXXI, edited by George R. Halkett. [Editorial and Publishing Offices, London, 1903]

llustration to The Twa Sisters o Binnorie, c1900. Artist: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
llustration to The Twa Sisters o Binnorie, c1900. The Twa Sisters is a murder ballad that recounts the tale of a girl drowned by her sister

The Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus on his throne, 11th century (1908). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 4, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1908]

The Dowager Empress of China, 1908. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 2, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1908]

Queen Victoria in the Coronation robes, 1838 (1906). Artist: Charles Robert Leslie
Queen Victoria in the Coronation robes, 1838 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. V. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Pesenting the patriotic address to the Queen on the eve of the Crimean War, 1854 (1906)
Peers and commoners presenting the patriotic address to the Queen on the eve of the Crimean War, 1854 (1906). From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

King George V and Queen Mary crowned and robed for the Delhi Durbar, 1911 (1935). From King Emperors Jubilee, by F. G. H. Salusbury [Daily Express Publications, London, 1935]

The Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, 1902 (1906). The Kings procession entering Westminster Abbey. From Cassells History of England, Vol

King Edward VII, 1906. From Cassells History of England, Vol. IX, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

The Marriage of the Prince of Wales, 1863 (1906). The wedding of the future King Edward VII and Princess Alexandra of Denmark in St Georges Chapel, Windsor. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

The Duke of York in robes of the House of Lords, 1920. Artist: Vandyk
The Duke of York dressed in his robes as a member of the House of Lords, 1920. From Our King & Queen and the Royal Princesses. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

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