1609 Gallery

New River Head

In 1609 a scheme to bring much needed water into London from wells in Hertfordshire was designed by a Mr Hugh Myddleton. His plan was to end his New River just below the summit of Islington Hill, where an old duck pond was enlarged to become a reservoir, to be known as New River Head

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The Venice Haggadah. Venice, Italy, 1609. Museum Israel. Jer

The Venice Haggadah. Venice, Italy, 1609. Letterpress, woodcut, and watercolor on paper. Gift of Gitel Blasbalg, New York, in memory of her husband, Pinchas Dov Blasbalg. Museum Israel. Jerusalem

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Josiah Comte Rantzau

JOSIAH COMTE RANTZAU Marechal de France, Protestant reformer in Denmark (an unlikely combination !) Date: 1609 - 1850

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