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Musicians with instruments on a Christmas and New Year cardMusicians with instruments on a Christmas card, with a quotation from The Merchant of Venice: I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Date: circa 1890s
Cat and Elizabethan poet on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Sir Francis Drake, The Spanish Armada is in Sight (19 July 1588) -- despite which, according to legend, he stayed and finished his game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe. 1588
The Toast - Elizabethan men drinking and merrymaking. circa early 17th century
Caricature of Ambrose Maynard, theatrical agent, depicted as a parody of Shakespeare. 1883
Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I on board his ship, the Golden Hind, in April 1581, not long after his circumnavigation of the world. 1581
Elizabethan HomeAn aristocratic family at home in Elizabethan times Date: circa 1590
Old house at Pounds Bridge, near Penshurst, KentOld house at Pounds Bridge (Poundsbridge), Bridge Street, near Penshurst, Kent. The date on the middle gable is 1593, and the initials below it, WD, stand for William Darkenoll (or Darknoll)
Great Bounds, Bidborough, near Tunbridge Wells, KentGreat Bounds, a country house at Bidborough, between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: 1809
Tyneham HouseThe deserted Tyneham House, in the village of Tyneham, on the Dorset coast. The village and surrounding area was commandeered by the War Office in late 1943, to be used as firing ranges
Medieval and Elizabethan Games and PastimesThis picture shows some games and pastimes of people between 13th-16th century. It shows activities done by children such as watching puppet shows and things like deer hunting for adults
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Madame De RothschildPAULINE POTTER DE ROTHSCHILD Madame de Rothschild, standing beside her car. In her heyday she was a famous fashion icon and translator of Elizabethan poetry into French. Date: 1908 - 1976
Eton College Clock TowerEton College, Berkshire, England, founded by King Henry VI (whose statue is in the foreground) in 1440. Clock tower and buildings built by Prevost Lupton in 1517. Date: early 16th century
Essex ring auctioned at Christie sTwo views of the famous Essex ring which Queen Elizabeth I is said to have given to the Earl of Essex, and which might have saved his life if it had been returned in time
Half-Scale Replica of Drakes Golden Hind, 1935Photograph of an exact half-scale replica of Sir Francis Drakes Golden Hind, which was a feature of Navy Week, Plymouth, August 1935
Mentmore Towers 1929Aerial view of Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire. Built in 1855 for Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild & designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in the Elizabethan style
Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer and explorerPortrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (c1554-1618), English gentleman, writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer. circa 1930
Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire - 12th century Norman keep. Date: circa 1910s
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of SussexThomas Radclyffe (or Ratclyffe), 3rd Earl of Sussex (c1525-1583), Lord Deputy of Ireland and Elizabethan courtier. 16th century
Elizabethan servants polishing saucepans
Woman in historical costume on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
London, England - Jesus College, Bray - Building with diamond -paned window and Elizabethan figure in front niche.. Part of Box 177 Boswell collection - Round about London. Date: circa 1897
Speke Hall - Elizabethan Building - trees in Foreground. Part of Box 12 Boswell collection. Counties of England. Date: circa 1900
Snap Playing Card - Courtier bowing. circa 1910s
Little girl in Elizabethan dress on circular Christmas cardLittle girl in Elizabethan dress on a circular Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
John Day, PrinterJOHN DAY a leading London printer during the Elizabethan period. Date: 1522 - 1584
Francis Drake BowlingSIR FRANCIS DRAKE The sign at the bowling green at Plymouth Hoe, Devon, where Sir Francis Drake was playing a game of bowls when he saw the Spanish Armada in 1588. Date: 1545 - 1596
Elizabethan MansionPitchford Hall, Shropshire, a beautiful mansion, built between 1560 - 1570 by William Ottley, the Sherriff of Shropshire. It probably has a 14th or 15th century core. Date: 1950s
Garden / ElizabethanA lady dressed in black walks in an Elizabethan formal garden. (Fair Rosamond of Thomas Delones poem.) Date: 16th century
London Ladies of C. 1560Mid century English costume: richly embroidered dresses & gowns with short, padded sleeves which allow the under- sleeve to be seen, plus ruffs & matching cuffs. Date: circa 1560
Female Londoners 1590The clothing of London women of various social classes including a servant. All three wear ruffs. The 3rd woman is taken from " Descriptions of England". Date: 1590
Pagans & PuritansTwo Elizabethan Pagan dandies, hand in hand with a young woman gaily dressed in pink, are berated by Puritans for spurning the church for frivolity and licentiousness. 16th century
Philip Sidney (Anon)Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586) - writer, depicted wearing a remarkably large ruff even by Elizabethan standards !
Russell of ThornhaughWilliam, baron RUSSELL OF THORNHAUGH Military, in Ireland and the Netherlands Date: 1558 - 1613
Sir John PakingtonSIR JOHN PAKINGTON courtier, a favourite of queen Elizabeth I Date: 1549 - 1625
George HartgillGEORGE HARTGILL astronomer and astrologer, of high repute during the Elizabethan period : he did serious astronomy as well as popular astrology Date: flourished 1594
Duchesse De JoyeuseMARGUERITE DE LORRAINE, DUCHESSE DE JOYEUSE Sister of Louise de Lorraine (queen of Henri VI) Date: 1554 - 1581
Sir Francis Walsingham, English statesman, Principal Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, popularly referred to as her Spymaster. 1532 - 1590
Dining Room / Franks HallInterior of Franks Hall in Kent, an Elizabethan mansion built in 1591 by Launcelot Bathurst. Date: circa 1600
Finishing touchesChristmas scene. Children in Elizabethan costume building a snowman. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911
Pretty girl in a gardenEaster card. Pretty Elizabethan girl in a garden gathering roses. Artist: Florence Hardy Date: circa 1916
Music cover, Amy Robsart Quadrille by Charles Godfrey. circa 1860
Elizabethan romanceElegant Elizabethan couple in blue walk under flowering tree. Artist: Florence Hardy Date: 1907
In The Middle of June by Wilson BarrettPromotional postcard for In The Middle of June by Wilson Barrett. First produced at the Theatre Royal Middlesbrough, 11th June 1903
Merrie England by Basil HoodPromotional postcard for Merrie England by Basil Hood; music Edward German. First produced at the Savoy Theatre, 2nd April 1902
Sir Walter Raleigh by William DevereuxPromotional postcard for Sir Walter Raleigh by William Devereux, First produced Birmingham, 4th October and the Lyric Theatre, 13th October 1909. Artist: Charles Buchel
Mother Christmas on a Christmas card -- With trumpets and with drums, Lo! Mother Christmas comes. Date: circa 1890s
