Knight Collection (page 5)

Great helms and shields with heraldic crests, 14th century
Great helms and shields with heraldic family crests, 14th century. From tomb effigies. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Konrad von Seinsheim, 14th century armour
Konrad von Seinsheim, Conrad von Sauwensheim d. 1369. In suit of armour with great helm, sword and dagger hanging from chains on breastplate. From his grave effigy in St. Johns church, Schweinfurt

Walther von Bopfinger, died 1359
Walther Bopfinger, died 1359, in chainmail and plate armour, leather tunic, with coat of arms on shield with bouche. From a grave effigy in St. Blasius church in Bopfingen

Earl von Orlamunde and Otto VI von Weimar-Orlamunde
Unknown Earl von Orlamunde (left) and Otto VI or Otto VII von Weimar-Orlamunde (right), died 1340. From grave effigies in Kloster Himmelkron and a Cistercian monastery

Scenes from an illuminated manuscript of Les Voeux du Paon
Knights in battle watched by ladies in a castle, and a lady bringing a roasted peacock to a banquet table, and a helm, 14th century

Maidens defending a castle from invading knights, 13th C
Maidens defending a crenellated castle from invading knights by throwing flowers, from a carved ivory mirror. Women combing their hair and making floral wreath from a parchment drawing 13th century

Decorated casket, probably for bridal goods 13th century
Decorated wooden casket, probably for bridal goods 13th century. Knights with heraldic shields climbing ladders to storm a castle defended by women

Costumes and armour of German knights, 13th century
Costumes of German knights in battle A, B, and allegorical illustration of Venus ordering blacksmith Vulcan to make a helmet for Aeneas C, 1260-1300. Helmets with heraldic crests D-G

Knight Marshal and Marshalmen in Queen Victoria s
Sir Charles Lamb, Knight Marshal on horseback, followed by Marshalmen in scarlet coat, blue trousers and shako, in ranks of four in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Carriage of the Saxon minister, M. de Gersdorff, in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of

Knight in robes of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Knight in ceremonial robes of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece and crosses and emblems of high chivalric orders. Toison d oro ed altri ordini cavallereschi

Knight of the Spanish Order of Calatrava In ceremonial robes with emblems and crosses. Ordini Cavallereschi di Alcantara, di Cristo, etc

A wrestling bout in the ring at Rainbow Corner, the famous American Red Cross Club in London which claimed to have, " doors that never close" (though they eventually did in 1946)

Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain pictured in familiar garb but without cigar, against a London skyline. Date: 1953

Armed Knight Rocks, Lands End, Cornwall. circa 1890

Cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship
Part-work cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship and all that came of it, by Frank E Smedley, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), Part 1, Price one shilling. 1854

Dame Laura Knight, English artist
Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970), English artist. 1937

Knight of the Red Cross
Red Cross Knight, a fictional character, is the protagonist of Book I of The Faerie Queene (1590), an epic poem by Edmund Spenser

Votes for women
An aggressive bear in threatening pose, sporting a green & mauve bow tie and mauve bag. Artists: M Knight & A E Kennedy Date: circa 1915

A New Knight of the Road by Webster Murray
A motorcyclist with a woman riding pillion rides through the night as the ghost of a mounted highwayman looks on with surprise. Date: 1924

Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869
Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light. Invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- Knight and Squire
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- the Knight and the Squire. Date: 14th century

The British Valhalla -- Our Crusading Kings. Showing King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) viewing Jerusalem, and Richard with King Philip II of France, during the Third Crusade (1189 - 1192)

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Wife of Baths Tale (left). Also including the Knight solving the riddle (centre) and the Knight on his travels (right). Date: 14th century

Limerick, Australian race horse, owned by H A Knight, trainer F D Jones. Date: circa late 1920s

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Knights Tale. Palamon in the Temple of Mars, Arcite in the Temple of Venus. Date: 1845

The British Valhalla -- two knights reading history book
The British Valhalla -- two knights reading a history book of Britain, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

Brass rubbing, Sir John Hampden, Knight, and wife Elizabeth
Monumental brass rubbing, Sir John Hampden, Knight, and wife Elizabeth, Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire. 1553

Brass rubbing, Robert Ingylton, Knight, and three wives
Monumental brass rubbing, Robert Ingylton, Knight, and three wives, Thornton, Buckinghamshire. 1472

Boat tilting, 14th century
Two knights in helmets and chainmail armour tilting with lances on rowboats, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Knights jousting, 14th century
Two knights jousting with lances in suits of armour, helm, and heraldic colours, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Jousting knights toys, 14th century
Jousting toys: knights on horseback with helmet, shield and lance, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus

Preparation for a tournament, 13th century. The king at arms holds the knights banners, the knights salute each other, while bagpiper, horn players and drummers with blazons

Tilting at a mobile quintain, 14th century
Boy with lance tilting at a mobile quintain operated by another boy, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Knights performing the Torch Dance (Fackeltanz). They wear plumed helmets, face masks and short jackets with ribbons from the shoulder. From Hans Burgkmairs Triomphe de l Empereur Maximilian I, 1526

Public expulsion of a knight from an Order of Chivalry. His armour and sword are removed, his spurs hacked off, and he is rebaptized and named a traitor

Ceremonies of knighthood
Knighthood ceremonies: a knight kneels to be dubbed with a sword 358, a squire attaches spurs to the knights armour 359, a knight is dressed in armour by women 360

Tomb of a knight who had participated in a crusade, with crucifix and cupid. Copied from Aubin-Louis Milins Antiquites Nationales, 1791

Medieval helmets and shields
Knights helms 287-9, chainmail hood worn under the helm 290, shields for knights on horseback 291-293, and shields for knights on foot 294, 295

Soap-scented toadstool and grey knight mushroom
Soap-scented toadstool, Tricholoma saponaceum, and grey knight mushroom, Tricholoma terreum. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Plums and custard mushroom and bitter knight
Plums and custard, Tricholomopsis rutilans (Tricholoma rutilans), and bitter knight mushroom, Tricholoma acerbum. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Saint George fighting the dragon in front of a virgin princess with lamb, while her parents watch from the castle of Silene

Jack knife-fish, Equetus lanceolatus (Knight fish, Eques americana). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Fashionable people playing the memory game of the gentle knight. Players who have made errors have to wear paper horns in their hair. At the beginning, everyone is a gentle knight

German bride, a maiden and a Burgermeister, 16th century
German bride from Augsburg, a maiden from Marburg, and a Stadtknecht with his symbol of office, a small axe. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Knight, fool and girl, 16th century Germany
Knight (reiter) with wheel-lock pistol and harem pants A, jester with bladder and marotte (bauble), B, and girl in long petticoat and apron from Strasbourg C

Horsemans arms, armour and accoutrements, 17th century. Cask helmet, pouldron and vambrace, gorget, guard de reine, pistol, spanner, saddle, lance. Copperplate engraving by N.C

Charging knight of the 12th and 13th century in chainmail hawberk, flat helmet, lance, heater shield, shin armour jambesons, war saddle. Copperplate engraving by J

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