EditorialPortrait of Jan Kuiper, nicknamed Jan Practice. He wears a hat and a scarf, Jan Kuiper (Jan Practise), Johannes Janson (possibly), 1739 - 1851, paper, h 97 mm ? w 83 mm.
EditorialOn the right in the palace, the princes ask the king for teachers of religion, arts and sciences, while above two ladies at a carpeted jharokhā window look down on them on the left as they practise horsemanship on the exercise ground. One man is about...
EditorialWoodcut showing two men, their swords crossed. Vincentio Saviolo his Practise In two Bookes The first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger The second, of Honor and honorable Quarrels. London : J. Wolfe, 1595, 94. Source: G.2370 page D3r. Lang...
EditorialWoodcut and text on the subject of sword fighting. Vincentio Saviolo his Practise In two Bookes The first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger The second, of Honor and honorable Quarrels. London : J. Wolfe, 1595, 94. Source: G.2370 page 3v - ...
EditorialTitle page of a book on the subject of sword fighting. Vincentio Saviolo his Practise In two Bookes The first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger The second, of Honor and honorable Quarrels. London : J. Wolfe, 1595, 94. Source: G.2370 title ...
EditorialA recipe to make the hair of the beard to grow; a recipe to make marmalade from the quince fruit. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found most excellend and rare Deuises for conceites in Cookery, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson. Wh...
EditorialMagna Carta and women'. In 1915, to coincide with Magna Carta’s 700th anniversary, the suffragette campaigner, Helena Normanton (d. 1957), published this essay on ‘Magna Carta and Women’. Appearing in the periodical The Englishwoman, Normanton’...
EditorialOn the right in the palace, the princes ask the king for teachers of religion, arts and sciences, while above two ladies at a carpeted jharokhā window look down on them on the left as they practise horsemanship on the exercise ground. One man is about...
EditorialAristocrat's Lard. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found. [Edward White: London, 1596]. Dawson discusses a number of methods for 'the keeping of lard', each of which is said to have originated in the kitchen of an aristocrat. Image taken f...
EditorialWoodcut illustration showing two men, their swords meeting. Vincentio Saviolo his Practise In two Bookes The first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger The second, of Honor and honorable Quarrels. London : J. Wolfe, 1595, 94. Source: G.2370 p...
EditorialWoodcut and text on the subject of sword fighting. Vincentio Saviolo his Practise In two Bookes The first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger The second, of Honor and honorable Quarrels. London : J. Wolfe, 1595, 94. Source: G.2370 pages D2v ...
EditorialCapon and chicken. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found. [Edward White: London, 1596]. Instructions for stewing capon and chicken. Image taken from [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found most excellend and rare Deuises for conc...
EditorialCustard and Apple Tart. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found. [Edward White: London, 1596]. Here the author explains how to make custard during Lent, and how to make a tart of apples and orange peel. Image taken from [The good huswifes Ie...
EditorialWoodcut and text on the subject of sword fighting. Vincentio Saviolo his Practise In two Bookes The first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger The second, of Honor and honorable Quarrels. London : J. Wolfe, 1595, 94. Source: G.2370 pages H1v ...
EditorialThe widdowes treasure- various remedies. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found most excellend and rare Deuises for conceites in Cookery, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson. Wherevnto is adioyned sundry approved receits for many soue...
EditorialTwelve tradesmen, Illustrations of people of a particular occupation deemed dangerous, heretical and malevolent. Tailor, shoemaker,sadler and others. These Trades-men are Preachers in and about the City of London. London, 1647. These Trades-men are Pre...
EditorialState physicians bleeding John Bull to death!!, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, engraving 1816., Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a...
EditorialState physicians bleeding John Bull to death!!, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, engraving 1816., Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a...