17th Collection (page 72)

Costume / Men 1660S
A gentleman performs a deeply deferential bow when greeting a superior person

Sir Henry Havelock / Music
Havelocks Triumphal march to relieve Cawnpore

Early Stonehenge Drawing
A wonderful early drawing of Stonehenge, not too over-elaborate in detail, and showing some early 17th century archaeologists and the bones that are digged up !

C17 Field Preacher
A poor presbyter (elder) preaches from the Bible, to country folk in a field

The Canterbury Pilgrims in the Yard of the Tabard Inn, 1387
Illustration giving an artists impression of how Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims may have looked as they stood in the yard of the Tabard Inn, 17th April 1387

Beijing 17th Century
Distant view of the city, which has changed somewhat since this picture was made

China / Kuchin
We have not been able to identify this town but we know it was located in the neighbourhood of Peking (now Beijing)

Volcano - Ternate
The volcanic island of Ternate, in the Moluccas, Indonesia. The sultanate was occupied first by the Portuguese, subsequently by the Dutch

Yedo Tokyo Palace
The Imperial Palace at Iedo (Yedo) now Tokyo

View of Beijing / Peking
General view of the city, with travelers approaching on a country road

Peking Palace
Dutch embassy received at the Imperial Palace at Peking (now Beijing)

ARCHIMEDES The Greek scientist at work - but portrayed in clothing more likely to be worn by a 17th century scholar than one of the third century BCE !

Dawn Personified
DAWN (L Aurore, Den Daeghe Raet) personified as a lady re-entering her home from the garden, carrying a basket of freshly-plucked flowers

Noon Personified
NOON (Le Midy, De Middach) personified as a lady going out in the midday sun, fanning herself with one hand and protecting her complexion with a parasol in the other

Night Personified
NIGHT (La nuict, Den nacht) personified as a lady in her bedroom, starting to undress by candlelight, loosening the belt of her dress

Duskpersonified
DUSK, EVENING, TWILIGHT (Le vespre, Den avondt) personified as a lady carrying a falcon on one hand and with the other holding a hunting dog on a leash

LA Rochefoucauld
The chateau de La Rochefoucauld, home of the noted author of Les maximes

Sevigne home Rochers
The chateau des Rochers, home of madame de Sevigne

Vaux Le Vicomte
(aka Vaux-Praslin) The magnificent chateau built by Fouquet near Melun, 60 km SE of Paris, which inspired Louis XIV, not to be outdone by his minister, to build Versailles

Fool Selling his Wisdom
THE FOOL SELLING WISDOM A crowd, including someone carried in a sedan chair, gathers round a lute-playing man

Fable / the Maiden
THE MAIDEN: A beautiful but proud maid turns down her many suitors for not matching up to her standards; in time her beauty fades and the suitors fade away

The Old Man & 3 Youths
THE OLD MAN & THREE YOUTHS Three young men question why an old man is planting saplings whose fruit he won t live to enjoy; life is uncertain, he may outlive them

Persian of C17
A Persian gentleman

Kenwood House 1950S
Kenwood House, Highgate, London, a 17th century building, remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779, and now home to the Iveagh Bequest of paintings

17th Century Dining Room
A dining room in a grand and ostentatious home in the later 17th century

Young Cloudesley Shovel Swimming With Despatches
Engraving taken from the painting Young Cloudesley Shovel Swimming with Despatches through the Enemys Fire. In the background can be seen the stern of a 16th or 17th century warship

Private Carriage C17
The private carriage of a French aristocrat during the reign of Louis XIV

Voiture De Promenade
French voiture de promenade with running footmen

The Turbine Steamer Onward, July 1905
Photograph of the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Companys turbine steamer Onward, during the inauguration of its service between Folkestone and Boulogne, 17th July 1905

The Flood-Scale on the Pont Neuf, Paris, November 1910
Photograph of the Flood-Scale on the Pont Neuf, showing the heights of various floods that had affected Paris between the 17th and 20th centuries

Professor Alfred Henry Garrod, F. R. S. (1846-1879)
Engraving of Professor Alfred Henry Garrod, F.R.S. the eminent ornithologist, who died of tuberculosis on 17th October 1879

Social / Belgium / 17C
A Flemish household at table in a dining/bedroom

Spinning / Hunting 17C
A country wife spins at her cottage door, watching hunters and travellers as they pass by

Needy at Xmas 17C
The needy are invited into the manor to enjoy Christmas fare

Jean Bart Warship
French battleship, named after a French admiral of the 17th century, seen in the background. (Do not confuse with other ships bearing this name)

A Merry Christmas
A Christmas scene from the early 17th century showing seven men round a table raising goblets in the air for a toast. Several empty bottles or flasks are scattered about suggesting that a lot of wine

C of E Convocation, C17
The upper house of convocation meets at Canterbury, during the reign of James I

In 1960 - or thereabouts
A humorous pictorial forecast by George Studdy from 1908 predicting how electrical inventions would change life in 1960. Credit should read

Edisons electric lamp
Components of the electric lamp patented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1879. The lamp worked by passing an electric current through a carbon filament enclosed in a vacuum in a sealed glass bulb

Dr. Scotts electric corset
Advertisement from 1886 for Dr. Scotts Electric Corset, considered a great boon for the delicate and able to cure all manner of ailments including palpitation, nervousness, hysteria

Great Electric Induction Coil
Demonstration of the Great Electric Induction Coil at the Polytechnic Institution in London in 1869 by Professor Pepper. Viewed by a large number of visitors to the Polytechnic

The public in a divorce court
Illustration by Steven Spurrier showing young women in the public gallery of a divorce court. The image accompanied an article in the ILN suggesting that divorce courts should be private

Advertisement for Daimler Vogue sports saloon car, showing a photograph of a sporty couple with their car, loading a rifle and with a large dog in the back seat of the car

General Election: Scenes at a London club
Series of sketches from the front cover of the ILN, July 17th, 1886 illustrating activity at a London club on the day of a General Election in 1886

French Palace Guard 17C
One of the French Kings guards that attend in the palace - possibly to Louis XIV

Vatican Palace / Rome / C17
The Papal Palace and grounds of the Vatican, showing the new gateway built in 1618, the Library, the Old and New Palaces, courtyards and long passageway. Date: 17th century

TANGIER
The harbour seen from the sea

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