Design Pics/Historical RM Images

Capricornus. Capricorn. Card Number 25 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards engraved by S...

Public washing grounds, 1582. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Members of the night watch holding cressets and beacons. Nightwatchmen or Watchmen were organized groups of men, employed to deter criminal activity...

Hall at Ockwells, Berkshire, England. Ockwells Manor is a timber-framed 15th century manor house which preserves a set of contemporary heraldic staine...

George Chapman, c. 1559 - 1634. English dramatist, translator, and poet. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Aquarius, Piscis Australis & Ballon Aerostatique. Card Number 26 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical star...

Performance of a 15th century passion play- The Trial and Crucifixion of Christ- by the Smith's Company of Coventry. The actors are stood on a pagean...

John Fletcher, 1579-1625. Jacobean playwright. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Plough Monday celebrations, the dance of Bessie and the Clown. Plough Monday celebrated the start of the ploughing season after Christmas. Ploughboys...

Milkmaid's dance, with pile of plate, May Day, England. The milkmaid's plate-garland was a pyramid of piled utensils, carried on a stout damsel's hea...

Maypole dancing in front of St Andrew Undershaft Church, London, England in the 19th century. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

A grand falconer. The Grand Falconer is an hereditary position that dates from medieval times, and belongs to the Duke of St. Albans. From Old Englan...

A crossbowman in the Middle Ages. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Men playing a game of Tric Trac, aka Tables, an early French form of backgammon. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Aries and Musca Borealis. Card Number 16 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards engraved by...

Auriga. Card Number 7 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards engraved by Sidney Hall and pub...

Bootes Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices and Quadrans Muralis. Card Number 10 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronom...

A Drunkard's cloak, a type of pillory used to punish miscreants. Drunkards were made to wear a barrel which had openings cut in the sides, top and bo...

Cock throwing, aka cock-shying or throwing at cocks. A blood sport usually associated with Shrove Tuesday that was widely practised in England until...

James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from 24 March 1603 - 1625. Fr...

Edinburgh, Scotland as it appeared during the early part of the 17th century. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Canongate Jail, Edinburgh, Scotland. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

The Great Seal of James I. James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I f...

The coronation of James I. James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I fr...

Canis Major, Lepus, Columba Noachi & Cela Sculptoris. Card Number 30 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical s...

Sir Hugh Myddelton (or Middleton), 1st Baronet, 1560 - 1631. Welsh clothmaker, entrepreneur, mine-owner, goldsmith, banker and self-taught engineer....

William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, c. 1567 -1640. Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation of Habitation at Port...

William Drummond, 1585 - 1649, called "of Hawthornden". Scottish poet. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, 1580 - 1630. English nobleman, politician, and courtier. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847...

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, 1584 - 1650. English courtier, nobleman, and politician. From Old England: A Picto...

Henrietta Maria of France, 1609 - 1669. Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I. From Old England: A Pictorial...

Inigo Jones' 1638 plan for a new palace at Whitehall, Westminster, England. Top, the front towards the park, bottom, the front towards Charing Cross....

Plan of Oxford, England with the lines raised for its defence by Charles I. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Cepheus. Card Number 4 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards engraved by Sidney Hall and pu...

Draco and Ursa Minor. Card Number 1 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards engraved by Sidne...

Facsimile of a portion of the letter written by Oliver Cromwell to William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons, announcing the victory at The Ba...

Anderson Place aka Greyfriars or The Newe House, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. King Charles I stayed at Newe House during his captivity in Newcastle (...

Plan of the city and suburbs of London, England as it appeared fortified by order of Parliament in 1643, built to protect the city from attacks by Cha...

Puritans destroying the Cheapside Cross aka Eleanor Cross, London, England in 1643. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Whitehall Chapel aka Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace, Westminster, London, England. After the destruction of most of the Whitehall Palace by fire in 1...

Elizabeth Cromwell, nee Bourchier, 1598-1665. Wife of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. From Old England: A Pictoria...

Oliver Cromwell's house, Clerkenwell Close, London, England. Oliver Cromwell,1599 - 1658. English military and political leader. From Old England: A...

Richard Cromwell, 1626 - 1712. Son of Oliver Cromwell and second Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. From Old England: A Pictorial Mus...

Gemini. Card Number 18 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards engraved by Sidney Hall and p...

Cassiopeia. Card Number 3 from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the Heavens, one of a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards engraved by Sidney Hall and...

Dorothy Maijor or Dorothea Cromwell, c.1620 - 1675. Wife of the second Lord Protector, Richard Cromwell. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, publ...

The bridge over the River Clyde, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the site of The Battle of Bothwell Bridge, or Bothwell Brig, 22 June 1679, where militant Pre...

Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England during the reign of Charles II. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Chelsea Hospital as it appeared in 1715. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

The Palace of Whitehall and adjoining buildings with a Royal Aquatic Procession in the foreground. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 18...