Knight Collection (page 19)

Scots Knight 14th Cent
A Scots knight - probably a chief of the Isles - depicted on the isle of Iona : he carries a spear as well as a long broadsword, and wears a tartan surcoat. Date: 1306

Eglinton Tournament 5
The joust between the Lord of the Tournament (the Earl in person) and the Knight of the Red Rose (R Lechmere Esquire). Date: 30 August 1839

Sir John De Sitsylt
SIR JOHN DE SITSYLT (or Seisylt = Cecil), knight, carrying a shield and banner emblazoned with his arms, and wearing a red robe lined with ermine, betokening his status. Date: flourished 1333

A Knight Templar stands on a Mediterranean shore, wearing the red cross on his cloak authorised by pope Eugenius III in 1146. Date: 1309

C12th Male Dress
Labourer: Phrygian cap, hooded tunic hitched up, long stockings & short boots. Rich Jew: conical hat with brim, mantle pinned with a brooch, super-tunic, girdle & pouch. Date: 12th century

16th Century Knight
A knight rides forth, sword in hand, accompanied by his squire who carries his lance for him. Date: 1517 ?

Knight of Grand Serpent
The ceremonial initiation of a Knight of the Bronze Serpent : the participants march anti- clockwise round a tumulus surmounted by a caduceus - a crucifix with a serpent Date: 1890s

Hoover Plan / 1931
US President Hoover, Germanys knight in shining armour, eases her reparations burden by accepting a 1 year moratorium on debt. France is jealous. Date: 1931

Knight of Saint John

Racial / German Magistrate
A magistrate (left) and a knight (right) 16th century

Knight at Church
MEDIEVAL CHURCHGOERS A French lord and his lady, with their retainers, pray before sallying forth to do battle Date: circa 12th century

Galahad and Sword
He draws the sword from the floating stone - which only the best knight in the world could do

Don Quixote on horseback
A scene from Cervantes novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title makes his way across the countryside on horseback, dreaming of adventures. Date: First published: 1605-15

Myth / England / Arthurian
Gareth, also known as Beaumains defeats the Red Knight

German Knight & Lady
German knight & lady Date: circa 1515

Black Prince Knighted
EDWARD, BLACK PRINCE OF WALES The eldest son of Edward III is made a Knight of the Garter. Date: 1330 - 1376

Advert for Willys Knight cars, Paris, 1930 Date: 1930

Wilys Knight Six Sedan
Auto, Wilys Knight Six Sedan, front view

British Ballad, Sir Cauline, Knight
SIR CAULINE (Sir Cawline) British ballad telling the story of Sir Cawline who is in love with the kings daughter and has to do some great deed to be worthy of her

Two knights battle
Two brave knights in armour, battle together with swords and shield in hand

British Ballad, The Twa Corbies
THE TWA CORBIES (Two Ravens or Two Crows) being a derivative of The Three Ravens with a cynical twist. A brave knight lies dead while the two scavengers (ravens)

British Ballad, Sir Cauline
SIR CAULINE (Sir Cawline) British ballad telling the story of Sir Cawline who is in love with the kings daughter. He falls ill from it so has to do some great deed to be worthy of her

Knight, Princess and King
A brave knight in armour, ready to fight for the hand of the princess who sits beside the King

British Ballad, Sir Aldingar
SIR ALDINGAR. Popular British Ballad, recounting the tale of a rebuffed Sir Aldingar who slanders his mistress (the Queen) by placing a leper in her bed for the King to find

British Ballad, Sir Lancelot du Lac
SIR LANCELOT DU LAC. British ballad telling the tale of one of the greatest of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend

The Royal Visit to Jamaica
The Queen holds her first investiture outside Britain: the Chief Justice of Jamaica, Sir Kenneth O Connor, Kneeling to receive the accolade on 27th November 1953

General Sir John Low(1788-1880), veteran officer enaged in the military and diplomatic service of the East India Company. He was made a Knight Commander of the Bath in 1862

Nikolo-Kremlevskaya Church and belfry, Vladimir, Russia
Nikolo-Kremlevskaya Church with belfry on the left and a statue of a medieval knight in the right foreground. The building was completed in 1769 in regional baroque style

Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) Knight of the Garter
The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) invested as Knight of the Garter. Seen here at the centre of the photograph, wearing a large plume of white feathers

The Princess of the Castle by Hilda Cowham
Lovely illustration by Hilda Cowham showing a princess in a flounced, floral trimmed dress watching from the steps of her castle as a knight rides past and raises his flag or standard in her direction

Madame Sada Yacco
The Japanese players at the Criterion theatre in London in a scene from Act II of " The Geisha and the Knight" showing Madame Sada Yacco (or Saddayakko)

Julius Knight

Richthofen
Captain Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1892 - 1918), German aviator and flying ace. Shot down 80 planes before being killed himself in action in 1918. Known as the Red Baron or Red Knight

The Power of Imagination
A Grandfather laughs to himself as he reads aloud to his two grandchildren, both of whom have fallen asleep in his arms. The imagined fantasy world of the story unfolds behind him

Single Combat 1380
Combat between Nicholas Clifford and a French Knight

The Canterbury Pilgrims in the Yard of the Tabard Inn, 1387
Illustration giving an artists impression of how Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims may have looked as they stood in the yard of the Tabard Inn, 17th April 1387

2 Adventurers & Talisman
THE TWO ADVENTURERS AND THE TALISMAN: one knight takes up the profferred task of fording the river, lifting a stone elephant and carrying it to the mountain top

Richard Payne Knight
RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT Writer, scholar, antiquary and book collector

Hablot Knight Browne - 2
HABLOT KNIGHT BROWNE Artist, best known for his illustrations to Dickens done under the sobriquet of Phiz

Knight & Princess
A knight parades before a princess

French Knight
A French knight of 1399

Knight of Golden Key
Knight of the Golden Key Spain

Saladin & Leopard Knight
SALAH AD-DIN YUSUF IBN AYYUB Saladin on horseback (l) accompanied by Sir Kenneth, Earl of Huntingdon, Prince Royal of Scotland; incognito as the Knight of the Leopard

Medieval Knights Armour
The full armour of a medieval knight with details of plate and arm armour and hand weapons and lancing equipment

Festival White Knight
The " White Knight" (with the morale raiser on his back) in the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion (symbolising British action and imagination respectively), at the South Bank Exhibition

Knight & Squire / 11th C
A knight & his squire from the period of the first crusade

Queen Guinevere

Arthur & Green Knight
The Green Knight, on his green horse, surprises Arthur and Guinevere at a feast. He later challenged the Knights to a fight and Gawain, who volunteered, was victorious

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