1553 Collection (page 3)

KING EDWARD VI 1537-1553
A fine portrait of Edward VI, King of England, dressed in half-body armour, paned trunk hose and brightly-coloured cannions

Pedro De Toledo
PEDRO DE TOLEDO, marchese de VILLAFRANCA Spanish general, viceroy of Naples

Reindeer 1553
Though the spread of its antlers are somewhat exaggerated, the reindeer is already recognised as an important item in the economy

Mary I of England
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England, reigned 1553-1558

Jesuits in Paraguay
The Guarani natives of Paraguay are alarmed when the Jesuit missionaries arrive in a boat playing musical instruments, but are enchanted by the music

HENRI IV, known as the Vert Galant, the best-loved of all French rulers. No wonder they assassinated him

Edward Vi / Hargrave
Full length portrait wearing a large, ornate gold and red robe

Henri IV of France with Gabrielle d Estrees
Henri IV, King of France (from 1589), and King of Navarre (from 1572), with the love of his life, but not his wife, Gabrielle d Estrees

Henri IV of France with a seven-headed beast
Henri IV, King of France (from 1589), and King of Navarre (from 1572), seen here in armour, with his sword raised, having decapitated the seven-headed beast

Cranach / Bernigeroth
Lucas German artist

Edward Vi / Players / 25 / 50
EDWARD VI Reigned 1547 - 1553

Hanging Gardens / Munster
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife, Amyitis who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River

Cranach / Miniature Self
LUCAS CRANACH German painter, engraver and woodcut designer

John Florio
JOHN FLORIO English author and lexicographer, translator of Montaigne &c

Edward Vi / Miniature
KING EDWARD VI

Edward Vi / Cig Card
KING EDWARD VI Protestant son of Henry VIII

Henri Iv, Miniature
HENRI IV

Michel Servetus
Miguel Serveto, known as MICHEL SERVETUS Spanish theologian and physician, burnt by Calvin at Geneva as a heretic, 27 October 1553

Family Spinning, C16
Three members of a German family engaged in spinning, which they are able to do out of doors because its a fine day

Religion / Flagellant / 1553
A disciplinary or devotional practise found among many religious groups

German Univ Scene 1553
Scene at a university in Germany, with tutor and three students

Edward Vi / Holbein
EDWARD VI Only child of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, and only legitimate son, reigned from 1547 to 1553

Northumberland / J Dudley
DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND EARL OF WARWICK, JOHN DUDLEY English soldier & politician

Henri Iv / Thomas De Leu
HENRI IV, KING OF FRANCE on horseback, in 1596

Edward Earl Worcester
EDWARD SOMERSET, fourth earl of WORCESTER statesman and Master of the Horse - with his autograph

EDWARD VI with his autograph

Elk (Munster)
(alces alces) The elk is known as the moose in America, but this is a European elk

Leopard (Munster)
(panthera pardus) Early depictors of the leopard knew it had spots, but apart from that they had very little idea what it looked like

Food and Drink / Wine / 1553
A vineyard during a hailstorm

Dragon (Munster)
Dragons - one with two heads, the other with three - reported by travellers in Asia

Edward VI Bridewell
Edward VI grants Charter to Bridewell Hospital

Francois Rabelais
FRANCOIS RABELAIS French writer

Francois Rabelais / Dore
FRANCOIS RABELAIS A cartoon of the French writer depicting him dissecting society and writing his book

German Dowsers
German miners dowse for metals using a forked stick - this is probably the earliest depiction of a dowser at work

Dragon of Krakow
THE DRAGON OF KRAKOW, Poland, scares a shepherd

Erasmus / Cognatus / 1553
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist with his colleague Gilbertus Cognatus

Girolamo Fracastoro
GIROLAMO FRACASTORO - Italian medic, astrologer and poet

Missionaries / America
Juan de los Barrios personally sets about the rebuilding of the cathedral at Bogota, Colombia

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