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Gauntlet Collection

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : Showing Off

Falconry : Showing Off
A proud falconer shows off his falcon, holding it up in the air on his protective gauntlet glove. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3798) at the 1959 Andover Steam Fair. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Surrender of King John II of France at the Battle of Poitiers, 19 September 1356

Surrender of King John II of France at the Battle of Poitiers, 19 September 1356, during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). Date: 1356

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Promoting the Latest Fashions

Promoting the Latest Fashions
The latest in women's fashion - coats and suits available from Kenneth Durward and Smee's. Date: 1932

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Armour. Gauntlet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883

Armour. Gauntlet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Armour. Gauntlet. Gloves of metal plates which protected the hand. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Types ofantique armour

Types ofantique armour
Types of antique armour - 1. roundel (shield), 2. target, 3. lead mallet used by archers, 4. iron mace used by cavalry, 5. black bill in armoury of Canterbury Town Hall, 6

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Champion entering Westminster Hall, coronation 1821

Champion entering Westminster Hall, coronation 1821
Coronation of George IV showing the North view of Westminster Hall, with a representation of the champion entering through the triumphal arch. Date: 1821

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Gloster Gauntlet fighter biplane, 1933

Gloster Gauntlet fighter biplane, 1933

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Man with cuckolds horns holding a magick cup

Man with cuckolds horns holding a magick cup
Man with cuckolds horns in ruff, doublet and cape holding a magick cup. The enchanted goblet. La coupe enchantee. After Ludovico Ariosto

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Helmet, gauntlet, gorget, mace, and prick spur

Helmet, gauntlet, gorget, mace, and prick spur
Helmet and brigandine 1, iron greave or leg armour 2, gauntlet belonging to John of Gaunt 3, iron gauntlet 4, gorget 5, iron mace 6, antique iron pryck spur 7. Copperplate engraving by J

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Bass singer Raffaele Anconi as Douglas in Robert Bruce

Bass singer Raffaele Anconi as Douglas in Robert Bruce
Bass singer Raffaele Anconi as Douglas in the pastiche opera Robert Bruce by Gioachino Rossini, Academie Royale de Musique, 1846

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Accepting the challenge 1387

Accepting the challenge 1387
King Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason. This process was used three times during Richards reign, the first one being in November 1387, when the Duke of Gloucester

Background imageGauntlet Collection: KNITTED HAT & GAUNTLETS KNITTED HAT & GAUNTLETS

KNITTED HAT & GAUNTLETS KNITTED HAT & GAUNTLETS
A stylish knitted hat and gauntlet set to wow them all with next time youre on leave Date: January 1944

Background imageGauntlet Collection: RUNNING THE GAUNTLET

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
Newly-wed couple run the gauntlet of guardsmen saluting with symbolically raised, unsheathed swords Date: early 20th century

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Burrell General purpose Tarction engine TA369 Red Gauntlet

Burrell General purpose Tarction engine TA369 Red Gauntlet
Burrell General purpose Traction engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3998), at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Background imageGauntlet Collection: The Roman game of Pila using a follis inflated ball

The Roman game of Pila using a follis inflated ball
The Roman game of Pila (passing a ball in a traingle with the arm/hand) using a follis (folliculus) inflated ball. This passage from Plautus offers further explanation: " If a small (pila)

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Italian Costume 1380

Italian Costume 1380
Italian costume: garments worn with armour include parti- coloured soled hose, gipon or doublet, tight-fitting garment without sleeves or with short raglan sleeves & buckles. Date: 1380

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Leap Year - Running the Gauntlet

Leap Year - Running the Gauntlet! Date: 1904

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Iron armours. 16th century

Iron armours. 16th century. Holy Roman Empire. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imageGauntlet Collection: GEORGE V 1911

GEORGE V 1911
GEORGE V At the coronation banquet, the Kings champion throws down the gauntlet, as part of a 500-year-old tradition June 1911

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Six hounds of the South Berkshire Hunt

Six hounds of the South Berkshire Hunt. Date: 1936

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Insert of cover design, Popular Flying

Insert of cover design, Popular Flying
Insert reproduction of cover design, Popular Flying, the National Aviation Paper, July 1936. Running the Gauntlet(s), showing a Hawker Demon (with a Rolls Royce Kestrel engine) of 23F Squadron

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Frederick II and his falconer, 13th century

Frederick II and his falconer, 13th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Steel buckler or shield for a Rennen joust, 16th century

Steel buckler or shield for a Rennen joust, 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Emblematic illustration of the laurel, Laurus nobilis

Emblematic illustration of the laurel, Laurus nobilis.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Horses running the gauntlet of the guns, 1917

Horses running the gauntlet of the guns, 1917
Horses pulling ammunition supplies on the Ypres salient have to run through a crump barrage. Date: 1917

Background imageGauntlet Collection: A fashionable tailor suit, 1914

A fashionable tailor suit, 1914
A fashionable tailor suit of pavement-grey whipcord. The skirt is pleated on a high corselet belt, thereby hanging in graceful folds, The coat is long-waisted, the basque full

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove womens gloves 1935

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove womens gloves 1935
A selection of wrist gloves: suede simplex fabric, hog skin, reynier quailty seleted French kid gloves, novelty French Chevrette Kid gloves with black patent leather bars

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Gloucester Gauntlet interceptor fighter planes, WW1

Gloucester Gauntlet interceptor fighter planes, WW1
Three Gloucester (or Gloster) Gauntlet interceptor fighter planes with RAF markings. It was a single-seater biplane, first flight 1933, retired 1943. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Gloster SS37

Gloster SS37
Although the Gloster SS37 was built using mainly Gauntlet components it closely resembled the Gladiator

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Gloster Gauntlet IIs

Gloster Gauntlet IIs

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Gloster Gauntlet IIs including K4089 and K4091

Gloster Gauntlet IIs including K4089 and K4091
Gloster Gauntlet IIs, including K4089 and K4091

Background imageGauntlet Collection: The first Gloster SS19B Gauntlet J9125

The first Gloster SS19B Gauntlet J9125
The first Gloster SS19B Gauntlet, J9125

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Gloster G37

Gloster G37 was largely built with Gauntlet components

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : the Release

Falconry : the Release
The falconer releases the bird. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : on a Tree

Falconry : on a Tree
The falconer tethers the bird to the branch of a tree. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : at Rest

Falconry : at Rest
The falconer admires the lovely bird of prey on his arm. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : Feeding

Falconry : Feeding
The falconer crouches down to feed the bird, wearing a protective gauntlet glove. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : the Return

Falconry : the Return
The falconer holds out his arm as the bird returns to him. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : Flying

Falconry : Flying
The falconer lets the bird fly, but holds it securely on a leash. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : Watering

Falconry : Watering
The falconer pours water for the bird to drink, from a watering can into a trough. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : Advancing

Falconry : Advancing
The falconer advances forward, encouraging the bird to fly. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Falconry : Reeling In

Falconry : Reeling In
The falconer reels the bird in on a leash. Date: 1930s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: The Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall

The Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall
Impression of the Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall during the State Banquet following the Coronation of King George IV in 1821 as observed by Sir Walter Scott

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Kazakh Falconer in Mongolia

Kazakh Falconer in Mongolia Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGauntlet Collection: WILHELM II of Germany

WILHELM II of Germany
WILHELM II, As a young man, in Scottish military uniform, including kilt, badger sporran and beret with a feather in it

Background imageGauntlet Collection: Female Type / Knitted Hat

Female Type / Knitted Hat
A stylish knitted hat and gauntlet set to wow them all with next time you re on leave

Background imageGauntlet Collection: CIRCA 1918

CIRCA 1918
A night bombing raid : allied bombers run the gauntlet of the enemys searchlights



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