EditorialJohn Gerard (1564–1637). An English Jesuit priest, operating covertly in England during the Elizabethan period. Gerard was captured in London on 23 April 1594. He was later sent to the Salt Tower in the Tower of London, where he was further question...
EditorialAs you like it. Act II. Scene I. The Forest of Arden -- Enter Duke, Amiens and other Lords. A Collection of Prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great Britain. London : J. & J...
EditorialJohn Bull, baited by the dogs of excise, en sanguine engraving 1790, British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new Excise duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on B...
EditorialJohn Bull, baited by the dogs of excise, en sanguine engraving 1790, British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new Excise duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on B...
EditorialCOTTAGE AT WILMCOTE, THE RESIDENCE OF ROBERT ARDEN, FATHER OF MARY ARDEN, SHAKESPEARE'S MOTHER, UK, britain, united kingdom, u.k., great britain, 1888 engraving.