1554 Collection

Raleigh / Potatoes / Ireland
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator supervising the first planting of potatoes in Ireland

Lady Jane Grey
LADY JANE GREY short-lived queen of England

English Archery
Four English bowmen: 1) Brigandine archer 1554 2) Brigandine archer 1590 3) Archer of Charles I 1625 4) Archer of 1780

Sir Walter Raleigh
SIR WALTER RALEIGH adventurer and historian Date: 1554 - 1618

Queen Mary surprising Courtenay and Princess Elizabeth
Queen Mary I surprising Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, and Princess Elizabeth. Although they were all related as second cousins

WILLOUGHBY DIES/LAPLAND
Sir Hugh Willoughby, seeking the Eastern Passage, dies off Lapland. Date: 1554

Sidneys oak tree at Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent
Oak tree associated with Sir Philip Sidney at Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent. It was planted to celebrate his birth, in 1554

Mary Tudor marries King Philip II at Winchester Cathedral
Mary Tudor (1516-1558) marries King Philip II (1527-1598) at the Cathedral at Winchester on 25 July 1554. 1554

PROTESTANTS HANG CAT
A cat is hanged by protestants in Cheapside, London, to symbolise the Roman Catholic church Date: 8 April 1554

LESSIUS / LARMESSIN
LEONARD LESSIUS Flemish Jesuit Date: 1554 - 1623

RALEIGH LAYS CLOAK
SIR WALTER RALEIGH sacrifices his new cloak so that his queens feet will not get muddied. Date: 1554 - 1618

Portrait of Pope Gregory XV (1554-1623). Engraving by Peter
Pope Gregory XV (1554-1623). Born Alessandro Ludovisi. Engraving by Peter Isselburg (1580-ca.1630). Colored

Lazarillo De Tormes
The authorship of this picaresque novel, telling the story of a colourful rogue, remains a mystery, but it has become a classic though banned by the Inquisition. Date: first published 1554

Raleigh / Boy / Storyteller
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator as a young boy, listening to a sailors exciting tales of the sea

John Frederick I (1503-1554), called John the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany. Engraving. Portrait. Colored

Jean Duc D epernon - 3
JEAN LOUIS de NOGARET de LA VALETTE, duc d EPERNON French military commander and statesman, with his autograph Date: 1554 - 1642

Jean Duc D epernon - 2
JEAN LOUIS de NOGARET de LA VALETTE, duc d EPERNON French military commander and statesman, Date: 1554 - 1642

Jean Duc D epernon - 4
JEAN LOUIS de NOGARET de LA VALETTE, duc d EPERNON French military commander and statesman, Date: 1554 - 1642

Jean Duc D epernon - 1
JEAN LOUIS de NOGARET de LA VALETTE, duc d EPERNON French military commander and statesman, Date: 1554 - 1642

Matthias Cock
MATTHIAS COCK Flemish artist from Antwerp, brother of Hieronymus. Date: 1500 - 1554

John Carter (Elder)
JOHN CARTER the elder Puritan churchman of Bramford, Suffolk, depicted with inkwell and hourglass, in the process of being inspired by Heaven. Date: 1554 - 1635

Raleigh (Van Hove)
sir WALTER RALEIGH Date: 1554 - 1618

Raleigh (Anon)
sir WALTER RALEIGH Date: 1554 - 1618

Raleigh and Cloak
Sir WALTER RALEIGH depicted in the act of laying his cloak over a puddle so that his friend Queen Elizabeth shall not get her royal footwear muddied Date: 1554 - 1618

Duchesse De Joyeuse
MARGUERITE DE LORRAINE, DUCHESSE DE JOYEUSE Sister of Louise de Lorraine (queen of Henri VI) Date: 1554 - 1581

Walter Raleigh / Anon Oval
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English courtier, navigator, historian and poet Date: 1554 - 1618

BRENET, Nicolas-Guy (1728-1792). Italian War of 1551-1559. Henry II remitting the cordon of the Order of Saint-Michel to Gaspard de Saulx, Marshal Tavannes, on August 13, 1554

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Italian Mannerist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Tutte l opere d architettura et prospetiva. SPAIN

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and his Fortunes and Adversities. Spanish anonymous novel first published in 1554. Cover of edition printed in Milan. 1587. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Hieronymus Schurff
HIERONYMUS SCHURFF Swiss jurist and statesman Date: 1481 - 1554

Sibylla Julich Cleves
SIBYLLA princess of JULICH CLEVES BERG daughter of Prinz Wilhelm Date: 1512 - 1554

Giov. Battista Paggi
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PAGGI Italian artist from Genova Date: 1554 - 1627

Marco Ottoboni
MARCO OTTOBONI Chancellor of the Republic of Venice, member of a distinguished Venetian family : his son was pope Alessandro VIII. Date: 1554 - 1646

Gottfried Graf Oettingen
GOTTFRIED graf von OETTINGEN German statesman Date: 1554 - 1622

Alessandro Moretto
ALESSANDRO BUONVICINO, known as IL MORETTO Italian artist from Brescia Date: 1498? - 1554

Charles Duc Mayenne
CHARLES de LORRAINE, duc de MAYENNE French soldier and statesman, leader of the Holy League (Catholic) during the religious wars. Date: 1554 - 1611

Vincent Le Blanc
VINCENT LE BLANC - French traveller in Asia, Africa and America, from his 12th to his 60th year, leaving a memorable and useful account of his journeyings in Canada etc, Date: 1554 - 1640

Richard Hooker - 2
RICHARD HOOKER English churchman, rector of Bishopsbourne, Kent, author of Ecclesiastical Polity. Date: 1554? - 1600

Raleigh, Sir Walter (1554-1618)

Jacques Bongars
JACQUES BONGARS French scholar and diplomat. Date: 1554 - 1612

Everard Bronchorst
EVERARD BRONCHORST Dutch jurist and classical scholar. Date: 1554 - 1627

Fulke Baron Brooke
FULKE GREVILLE, first baron BROOKE Poet

Philip Sidney
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY poet and soldier Knighted in 1580

George Inn, Southwark
First referred to in 1554, when it was owned by Mr Collet, MP for Southwark. Destroyed in the great fire of 1676, rebuilt in about 1677

Sidney (Oliver)
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY poet and soldier

Francois of Alencon
Francois duc d Alencon and duc d Anjou son of king Henri III

Raleigh Smoking in Chair
SIR WALTER RALEIGH - Having picked up the smoking habit during his American travels, is thought by his servants to be on fire, and is doused with a basin of water

French Courtier C16
French gentleman at the court of Charles IX

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