Hermit Collection (page 3)

Ramphodon naevius, saw-billed hermit
Plate 1, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.1, (1849-1861)

Catharus guttatus, hermit thrush
Plate 58 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Perisorius canadensis, Catharus guttatus, Myadestes townsend
Plate 419 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Paul the Hermit. Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez (1599-1660). Oil on canvas, 1634

The Hermit of Maine playing the unique musical instrument, Freeport, Maine. Date 1936 Mar. The Hermit of Maine playing the unique musical instrument, Freeport, Maine. Date 1936 Mar

Hermit of Warkworth
The Hermit of Warkworth (Northumberland) - the scene in the traditional ballad where the lovers approach the hermit

Dieppe, France - A Troglodyte, one of a group of people who built homes into the faces of cliffs, connected by underground passageways Date: circa 1910s

ROCHE ROCK
Roche Rock Chapel, Cornwall, England, where legend has it that Ogrin the Hermit sheltered lovers Tristram and Isolde from the wrath of King Mark (her husband & his uncle)

St. Govans Chapel
St Govans Chapel, the remarkable building nestling in between the rocks on St. Govans Head, where St. Govan the hermit lived, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: 6th century

St. Benets Abbey, near Horning, Norfolk, was founded by Suneman, a hermit. King Canute built the Monastery of St. Benet-at-Holm on the same site. Survived the Dissolution Date: founded 9th century

The Hermitage, Chester, Cheshire, England. This is an 18th century building, on the site of an Anchorite, or Hermits Cell, mentioned in records of 1363. Date: 18th century

Hermit (Racehorse) 1867
Winner of the 1867 Derby. Date: 1867

Rotheneuf, France - Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings
Rotheneuf, France - The Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings. The village is a seaside resort but is famous for its sculpted rocks, " rochers sculpts"

Old Tramp cooking his dinner
An old tramp cooking sausages in the open air over a small camp fire, surrounded by a variety of animals and with his pet Jack Russell dog sheltering beside him

Hermit living on Mount Vesuvius
Highly likely to be two slices short of a toaster, this hermit has decided to live on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in Italy!

Fable / the Hermit
THE HERMIT A hermit, sitting reading in his cave, receives a group of pilgrims

St John the Egyptian
saint JOHN THE EGYPTIAN hermit, depicted imparting wisdom to a pilgrim visitor (illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes 1495 edition of Vitas patrum )

Pope Caelestinus V
POPE CAELESTINUS V (Pietro del Morrone) pope and saint - a hermit who recognised his unfitness to rule and abdicated, much to Dantes disapproval

Eremito Camaldolese
EREMITO CAMALDOLESE Hermit of the Camaldoli order, founded about 1012 in Italy

Peter the Hermit 1650
PIERRE L HERMITE, also known as Pierre d Amiens, French monk who urged the First Crusade, which he accompanied, then returned and became a prior in Belgium

Peter Hermit / Pope Urban
FIRST CRUSADE Peter the Hermit brings back letters from Simeon, Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Urban II

Peter Hermit / Jerusalem
FIRST CRUSADE Peter the Hermit delivering the Message of Simeon, Patriarch of Jerusalem, to Pope Urban II

Peter Hermit / Sepulchre
FIRST CRUSADE Peter the Hermit before the Holy Sepulchre

St Antony / Egypt / Miniatur
SAINT ANTONY OF EGYPT hermit who managed to remain true to his faith despite all temptations to do otherwise

Hermit of Einseidlen
Hermit of Einsiedeln, Switzerland

St Nilus / Ancyra / Mariette
SAINT NILUS of ANCYRA also known as NILUS THE ELDER and NILUS THE ASCETIC Courtier from Constantinople who became a hermit, seen here with his son THEODOLUS

Conversion / Tryggvesson
During his Viking wanderings Olaf Tryggvesson is converted by a hermit on the Isles of Scilly who predicts that he will become a great King

Chephren Pyramid & Cave
The Chephren pyramid and a cave (contaning a bas-relief) which was inhabited, until October/November 1785, by the Santon denomination of Ermite (hermit) Muslims

Pelagia the Penitent
PELAGIA THE PENITENT actress of Antioch who after hearing a Christian sermon repented of her wicked ways and became a hermit on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem

Hainault Forest / 1851
A man cuts wood by the entrance to his hut in the middle of Hainault Forest

John Bigg, the Hermit
The hermit JOHN BIGG had been a lawyers clerk during the Commonwealth, but when the monarchy was restored he became morose and adopted a solitary life

Saint Jerome
SAINT JEROME - Eusebius Hieronymus - one of the Four Doctors of the Church, hermit and publisher of the Vulgate Bible

Order of St Augustine
Hermit of the ORDER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE in his day habit

Saint Benedict of Nursia
SAINT BENEDICT OF NURSIA Italian religious gained fame for sanctity as hermit near Subiaco

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