Charles Collection (page 156)

Adoration by C. Robinson
Decorative illustration by Charles Robinson showing a fashionable young woman worshipping an effigy on a pedestal of a soldier

King Alberts Fete day: The royal Belgian children at Westmi
Cardinal Bourne greeting Prince Leopold, Duc de Bradant; Prince Charles, Comte de Flandre and Princess Marie-Jose of Belgium

Admiral Charles Beresford (1846-1919)
Photographic portrait of Admrial Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford (1846-1919), the English naval commander, pictured c.1919

Awarded the Victoria Cross: Lance-Corporal Charles Alfred Ja
heroism

A Visit to the Alpini
A lone Italian Alpini soldier, staked out on the top of a precarious mountain is so isolated, nobody has managed to get to him to tell him the war is over

Margaret Whigham and the Earl of Warwick, 1932
Photograph showing Miss Margaret Whigham (1912-1993), later the Duchess of Argyll, with Charles Guy Greville, 7th Earl Brooke, 7th Earl of Warwick (1919-1984), pictured c.1932

Blondin at the Crystal Palace, London, 1861
Engraving showing Blondin (1824-1897), the French high-wire walker and acrobat, pictured outside the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, with one of his ropes

Blondin riding a bicycle on a high-wire, 19th century
Illustration showing Blondin (1824-1897), the French tight-rope walker and acrobat, riding a bicycle along a high-wire

Emperor Charles of Austria
The Emperor Charles of Austria

Sir Charles Morton Forbes
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes (1880-1960) he was Commander in Chief of the home fleet from 1938-1940

Leo Amery
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (L. S. Amery), English Conservative politician with a strong interest in India and the British Empire

Emperor Charles of Austria, 1916
Portrait of Emperor Charles (1887-1922), pictured shortly after he ascended the throne of Austria in 1916

The Sensitive Plant / Robinson
Illustration by Charles Robinson showing a sumptuous garden overflowing with gorgeous flowering blooms and plants amidst which a romantically clad lady stands

Charles Forte, Baron Forte (1908-2007) Hotelier, businessman and founder of the Forte Group

Bees by Charles Robinson, 1912
A group of bees clamber to the end of a tree branch, where one appears to be challenging the others to a sword duel

General Tom Thumb as Frederick the Great, 1845
Engraving showing General Tom Thumb, real name Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883), dressed as Frederick the Great of Russia in London, 1845. Stratton was an American midget showman who was in P.T

Iln Cover / Queen & Pow
ELIZABETH II Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II pictured with her eldest son and heir, Prince Charles of Edinburgh, later Prince of Wales at his

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Spanish dollars and Mexican

LA Praguerie
The Dauphin conspires with other discontented nobles to dethrone Charles VII - the conspiracy is termed the praguerie in allusion to the Hussite uprising in Prague

Isabeau De Baviere 2
The triumphal entry of Isabeau de Baviere (Isabella of Bavaria) into Paris to marry the teenaged Charles VI - who, sadly, will go mad while she will become a traitor

Peace with Burgundy
The Peace of Arras, between Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne, and Charles VII of France, brings to an end the civil war which has plagued France for so many years

Charles V and Carl IV
Charles V le Sage of France meets the emperor Carl IV at Paris : both will due during the year, Charles possibly poisoned

Etienne Marcel 3
Marcel, seeking reform and hostile to Jean II and his son, the future Charles V, prepares to open the Paris gates to the king of Navarre but is murdered by Maillart

Paris Riots
The Mailottins of Paris are just one of the popular uprisings throughout France, demanding fiscal reform : 13- year old Charles VI rides out to meet the rioters

Charles VI at Bapaume
Charles VI arrives at Bapaume, in the course of the civil war with Burgundy : he lodges at a convent

Prague Rooftops
A rooftop view of Prague, at the Charles bridge which separates the old city from the new

Parlement at Amiens
Charles VI, still a youngster but not yet certifiably mad, decides he can run France without his guardians : he holds a parlement at Amiens

Battle of Tours - 3
Charles Martel makes a triumphant entry into Paris, after repelling the Saracens at Tours by Charles Martel : they lost their commander Abderrahman ibn Abdillah

Charles VI Insane
Charles VI alarms his entour- -age by bouts of insanity which though at first intermittent will eventually make him unfit to rule : the feuding ducs govern instead

Charles VI Consecrated
The sacre of 12-year old Charles VI at Reims

St Bartholomews Day
From the windows of the English ambassador, the English watch as French protestants are massacred by order of Catherine de Medicis and her son Charles IX

Mary Rorke Smoking
Actor, Charles Wyndham and actress Miss Mary Rorke playing Peregrine and Angelica Porter in the stage play " Fourteen Days"

Charles V Crowned
Charles V le Sage, and his wife Jeanne de Bourbon, are crowned at Reims

Prague Bridge
The ancient Charles bridge over the Vltava separates the old city from the new

Etienne Marcel
Marcel, seeking reform and hostile to Jean II and his son, the future Charles V, prepares to open the Paris gates to the king of Navarre but is murdered by Maillart

Enlisting for War
Enlisting for Charles XIIs rash war with Russia : though initially successful, he will ultimately be decisively defeated at Poltowa in 1709

Battle of Pas-De-Suze
Louis defeats Charles, comte de Savoie, at Pas-de-Suze, a significant victory for France over her Spanish/Austrian rivals

Charles II and Parliamen
Charles II and his parliament - Lords above, Commons below

Louis XII & Ministers
Succeeding his father Charles VIII, Louis XII shows what a considerate fellow he is by forgiving his fathers ministers their sins and shortcomings

Jacques Coeur and King
The wealthy merchant Jacques Coeur welcomes Charles VII at Bourges

Saracens at Bordeaux
The Saracens attack Bordeaux and set it alight, forcing Eudes, duc d Aquitaine, to flee. But they will be repulsed by Charles Martel at the battle of Tours in 732

Louis D orleans Slain
The widow of Louis I d Orleans, murdered by order of the duc de Bourgogne, demands justice from his brother, king Charles VI. Civil war will ensue

Catherine Goes to Wed
Catherine, daughter of Charles VII, rides out of Paris to wed Charles, comte de Charlois

Louis XI at Peronne 1
Louis XI meets Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne, at Peronne : each plans to trick the other, but Charles is the trickier, exacting severe terms from the king

Battle of Tours - 1

Count of Flanders
Charles (of Denmark) whose mother has fled to Flanders, becomes duc de Flandre, rules wisely and benevolently but is assassinated at Bruges by discontented townsfolk

Sir Charles Stanford
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD Irish music composer of Irish Rhapsodies, Stabat Mater, Songs of the Sea etc

Death of Charles VI
The Dauphin, the future Charles VII, learns of the death of his father, Charles VI le Fou

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