Canon Collection

The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century

Ms - Pope in Council
The Pope in council - illustration to the Decretum of Gratian of Chiusi, a treatise on canon law

Theatre / Plays / Wilde
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Algy, Cecily, John Worthing, Lady Bracknell and Canon Chasuble; at the St James Theatre

WW1 - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron
WW1 - Camo de mailly - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron. The outbreak of the First World War caught the French with a shortage of heavy field artillery

Malik-I-Maidan at the Bijapur Fort, Karnataka, India
The Malik-I-Maidan at the Bijapur Fort, Karnataka, India

St Michaels Church, Chester Square, Pimlico, London. Inset photograph of the priest, Canon Fleming

Railway track, Royal Gorge, Arkansas River, Colorado, 1880 s

Henry Melvill
HENRY MELVILL English churchman and educator, canon of St Pauls cathedral, London. Date: 1798 - 1871

The religious aspect of the royal wedding of 1913 between Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife

Colorado, USA - Bruin Inn, North Cheyenne Canon
Colorado Springs, USA - Bruin Inn, North Cheyenne Canon (built 1880-1881). Date: circa 1900

Canon H. Scott-Holland
An illustration portraying the Reverend Canon Henry Scott-Holland, from a side profile, he was the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. Date: circa 1913

Gregory IX (1170-1241). Pope of the Catholic Church (1227-1241). Gregory IX receiving the Decretals compiled by Saint Raymond of Penafort

Paris, France. Procession de la Fete-Dieu. Representation
Paris, France. Procession de la Fete-Dieu (Procession of the Holy Host)

History of Italy. 1400. From left to right: Pope
History of Italy. 1400. From left to right, 1: Pope Boniface IX, 3-4: cardinals, 5: canon, 6: Venetian noble, 7: bourgeois woman, 8: farmer. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu

Swiss male costumes from La Danse des Morts, 15th century
Swiss male costumes, 15th century. Nobleman, abbot, herald, cardinal, canon and bishop. Homme noble, l'abbe, le heraut-d'armes, le cardinal, le chanoine, l'eveque. Suisse, XVe siecle

King Lothar I, King Louis V, Emma and her son Otto
King Lothar I, 795-855, King Louis V the Do-Nothing c.966-987, and Emma of Italy, wife of Lothar III, and her son Otto

Men looking at books at a bookstall in Georgian London
A canon in wig and glasses, with umbrella under his arm, reading a book at a bookstall in Georgian London. The other customer is a butcher in apron. The March of Intellect

Georgian art lovers at an exhibition at the Royal Academy
Georgian art lovers at an exhibition of new paintings at the Royal Academy. Officers, an obese couple, a canon in wig, examine the landscapes and portraits. An Exhibition

Examples of heraldic terms describing a coat of arms

Pindar, c. 518-438 BC, ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. One of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece. Marble bust of bearded man with hair band. Pindaro

Antonio de Covarrubias y Leyva (1514-1602). Spanish humanist, canon and legal adviser. Portrait by El Greco (1541-1614), circa 1600. Oil on canvas. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain

Spain, Castile-La Mancha, Albacete province, La Roda. Palace of the Doctor of la Encina. Its construction was commissioned by Don Fernando de la Encina (1650-1740), canon of Cuenca cathedral

Canon de 155 GPF mle.1917
French Army - Canon de 155 GPF mle.1917, in transport configuration getting some TLC from it's crew. Date: circa 1918

Canon de 75mm Antiaerien Mle 1913-1917, mounted on a De Dion Bouton chassis, with the ammunition carrier also mounted on a De Dion Bouton, Date: circa 1915

Lincolns Inn, London Date: early 1900s

George Washington's HQ at Newburgh USA early 1900s

Caernarvon Castle

South Port, Gibralter

St Thomas Tower, Tower of London

Southsea in 1895

Southsea Parade

Funeral of Canon Morrissey, Burnley, Lancashire in 1903

Brill Windmill early 1900s

Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, viewed from the Canon's Garden - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Unknown Texts (Fragment)
Bifolium from an unknown work or works, possibly relating to canon law, parchment. Date: 14th - circa 15th Century

Christian Religious Orders - L-R (standing) Benedictine nun, Benedictine monk, Cluniac, Cistercian, Carthusian, nun of St Gilbert, regular canon of St Gilbert, Trinitarian, Knight Templar

Death holds up his hour-glass to the Canon as he enters a cathedral

Canon Pyon, Dovecote at Butthouse Farm, Herefordshire, England. Date: circa 1910s

Castle Gate, Price Canon, Canyon, Utah USA, railroad
Vintage 19th century photograph: Castle Gate, Price Canon, Canyon, Utah USA, railroad, railway track

The Rev. Canon Frank H. Gillingham and Mrs Gillingham with the Lord Mayor of London Sir Frank Alexander and his wife Lady Alexander before a dinner in Gillinghams honour at the Mansion House

Plates decorated with musical scores within floral borders, Rouen, France. At top, a canon for three voices by composer Jean-Joseph de Mondonville

Canon Henry Scott Holland, English clergyman
Canon Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918), English clergyman, supporter of social equality. circa 1910

Pagoda of Canon (Kannon)
Pagoda dedicated to the deity Canon (Kwannon, Kannon, Quannon) More commonly refereed to as Kannon, this Buddhist deity personifies compassion and is known as the Goddess of Mercy

Idol of Canon
Canon idol (also referred to as kannon, kwannon) Date: 1737

Canon, Japanese deity
Engraving of Canon, a God of Japan located in the Pagoda of Canon

The Defences of Callao
Canon Blakeley of the Santa-Rosa battery, being demonstrated or tested for manoeuvres. Date: 1866

Canon de 155 C modele 1915 St. Chamond artillery pieces
A battery of Canon de 155 C modele 1915 St. Chamond artillery pieces. (full image of the stereo pair) Date: circa 1917

FRENCH ARMY DRESS / 17TH C
Various costumes of the French army, infantry & naval

WINDESHEIMER
A regular canon of the CONGREGATION OF WINDESHEIM [Netherlands] Date: 1848

SAN GIOVANNI LATERAN
Canon of SAN GIOVANNI LATERAN Date: 1848

SAINT ANTOINE
Regular canon of the ORDRE DE SAINT-ANTOINE Date: 1848

Rev Canon Baillie MA, Rector of Rugby, Warwickshire. Date: circa 1905

St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, West Midlands
Interior view of St Martin in the Bull Ring (parish church), Birmingham, West Midlands, with an inset portrait of its Rector, Canon Denton Thompson. Date: circa 1910

Cannon firing in pub -1
The owner of a company manufacturing miniature cannons test fires one of his products in the Quarter House pub, Compton Road, Wolverhampton

Reverend Robinson Duckworth (1834-1911), Canon and Sub Dean of Westminster

Aircraft machine guns by G. H. Davis
The principal weapon in air fighting during the Second World War: aircraft machine guns. American, British, French, German and Italian machine guns, capable of firing 1000-1200 rounds per minute

Jewish Samaritan High Priest and Scroll
Samaritan High Priest and the Old Abisha Pentateuch

Abelard Castrated
ABELARD is castrated on the orders of Fulbert, canon of Notre Dame and uncle of Heloise whom he has secretly wed

HH Henson
HERBERT HENSLEY HENSON English prelate, Canon of Westminster, advocate of disestablishment Date: 1863 - 1947

Types of aeroplane shell guns by G. H. Davis
An answer to the tank during the Second World War: types of aeroplane shell guns

Necrophorous, Necrodes & Silpha, beetles
Plate 73, illustrations of various beetles from The Coleoptera of the British Islands Vol 3, 1889 by Rev. Canon Fowler

Canon of Medicine. Illuminated page from Canon of medicine of Avicenna with a Pharmacy scene. Anonymous illustration

The Rev. J Dodd (author of A History of Canon Law)
The Rev. J Dodd (author of A History of Canon Law in Conjunction with Other Branches of Jurisprudence: with Chapters on The Royal Supremacy and the Report of the Commission on Ecclesiastical Courts)

Ramon Montanya Coca (1752-1811) by Francesc Morell Cornet (1
Ramon Montanya Coca (1752-1811). Canon of the Cathedral of Manresa and General Commander of the Somatens in 1808. Painting by Francesc Morell Cornet (1845-1916). 1904. Manresa City Hall. Catalonia

Decretum Gratiani. Written in the 12th century. Miniaure. 14
Decretum Gratiani or Condordia discordantium canonum. Collection of a Canon law compiled and written in the 12th century. Miniaure. 14th century. Group of nuns wearing a girl

Homer. Bust
Homer (c.8th century). Greek epic poet. Modern copy of a hellenistic original dated between 200-150 BC. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471). Lugd
Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471). German writer and mystic monk. De imitatione Christi (The Imitation of Christ). Incunable. Book One. Folio I. Chapter I. Printed in Lugduni, 1489. Episcopal Library

Robert Gregory, Church
ROBERT GREGORY British churchman, a canon when this photo was taken in 1877. Date: 1819 - 1911

William Gostling
WILLIAM GOSTLING English churchman - he was a minor canon of Canterbury cathedral - and antiquary. Date: 1696 - 1777

John Gilbert, Churchman
JOHN GILBERT English churchman : canon in residence at the cathedral of Exeter. Date: ? - 1722

James Fleming, Churchman
JAMES FLEMING Churchman, canon of York Date: 1830 - 1908

William Derham
WILLIAM DERHAM churchman and naturalist : vicar of Upminster, canon of Windsor, fellow of the Royal Society. Date: 1657 - 1735

Cliff Dwellings, America
Cliff dwellings carved out of rock in Cliff Palace Canon, Southwest Colorado Date: circa 1880

Canon Lyttelton (1855 1942), British cricketer and Head of Eton. Date: 1909

Simon Gourdan
SIMON GOURDAN French canon of the Abbey of Saint-Victor, a noted casuist (resolver of cases of conscience) Date: 1646 - 1729

Fw Farrar / Sitting
FREDERICK WILLIAM FARRAR Clergyman and writer: Archdeacon and Canon of Westminster Date: 1831 - 1903

Pope Innocens IV
POPE INNOCENS IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi) reputed for skills in canon law, known to history for quarrels with the Empire Date: reigned 1243 - 1254

WW1 - A Punt Patrol
WW1 - Leisurely cruising down a river, the well-prepared punter has a canon gun positioned at the front of the boat. Date: 1915

Henry Liddon
Henry Parry Liddon (1829 - 1890), Anglican divine, Canon of Saint Pauls Cathedral, London

Aerial gunpower in 1940 by G. H. Davis
The aerial gunpower of Britain, France and Germany: the armament of the bombers and fighters now in action

French naval gun in action, Western Front, WW1
A French 138.6mm naval gun in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Rev. Canon Frederick A. J. Hervey, Vanity Fair, Ao
Rev. Canon FREDERICK ALFRED JOHN HERVEY (1846-1910) Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1886 to 1901), Domestic Chaplain to King Edward VII (1878 to 1910)

Canon Fleming, Vanity Fair, Spy
Canon FLEMING. Born 1830 at Strabone. Educated Cambridge. Ordained at 23. Caption: Chester Square Date: born 1830

Thomas Seward
THOMAS SEWARD English churchman, canon of Lichfield, father of Anna, writer known as The Swan of Lichfield Date: 1708 - 1790

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