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

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

Malik-I-Maidan at the Bijapur Fort, Karnataka, India
The Malik-I-Maidan at the Bijapur Fort, Karnataka, India. The Malik-i-Maidan (Master of the Battlefield), also called Burj-E-Sherz

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

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

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.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

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. Canon also known as (Kannon, Kwannon, Quannon) personifies compassion and is one of the most widely worshipped deities in Asia

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. He was present at the boating expedition when Lewis Carroll told the story of Alices Adventures

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

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

Types of aeroplane shell guns by G. H. Davis
An answer to the tank during the Second World War: types of aeroplane shell guns. Including the Hispano-Suiza moteur-canon gun, found effective by the French in knocking out tanks

Jewish Samaritan High Priest and Scroll
Samaritan High Priest and the Old Abisha Pentateuch. The Samaritan Pentateuch, sometimes called Samaritan Torah is a version of the Hebrew language Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible

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

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