EditorialGruffydd ap Llywelyn falling to his death from the Tower of London, while trying to escape using an improvised rope, in 1244. This Welsh prince was held in the tower as a hostage. Historia Anglorum. England (St Albans), 1250-1259. Source: Royal 14 C. V...
Editorial(Miniature) Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans, mathematician and inventor of a mechanical clock. He is shown seated at his desk measuring with a pair of compasses. History of the abbots of St Albans. 14th century. Source: Cotton Claudius E. I...
EditorialDagnall Lane, St. Albans, William Henry Hunt, 17901864, British, ca. 1820, Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (23.5 x 29.5 cm), agriculture, architectural subject, chickens, fe...
EditorialThe Liverpool mail coach crashes in snow near St. Albans, 1837. A woman passenger looks out of a carriage with no horses. Color print after an engraving by R. Havell from an illustration by Henry Alken in Ralph Nevills Old Sporting Prints, The Connoiss...
EditorialReino Unido. Inglaterra. St. Albans, condado de Hertfordshire (Herts). Edificio del ayuntamiento. Vista del centro de la ciudad lleno de visitantes. Ni?o jugando con aro en primer plano. Grabado por Josiah Henshall (1801? -1869) a partir de un boceto o...
EditorialA kneeling Crusader knight with helm, lance and pennon, his horse standing behind him. Westminster Psalter. England (Westminster or St Albans); circa 1250. Source: Royal 2 A. XXII, f.220. Language: Latin.
EditorialOrigin and Seal of the Templars, 1118. In the lower margin, two templars on a horse. Historia Anglorum. England [St Albans]; 1250-1259. Source: Royal 14 C. VII, f.42v. Language: Latin.
EditorialSir Walter Scott, Duke of St. Albans, Anne Boleyn, and common garden variety carnation, Dianthus plumarius. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden of Ornam...
EditorialMiniature shows Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St Albans. He is pointing to a clock, referring to his gift to the abbey, and his face is disfigured by leprosy. Golden Book of St Albans. England [St Albans]; 1380. Source: Cotton Nero D. VII, f.20. Lan...
EditorialSt. Stephen's Church, St. Albans in the middle ground; gravestones in the foreground; trees to the left. St Stephens Church near St Albans Herts. 1787. Pen and black ink with monochrome wash. Source: Maps K.Top.15.84.a. Language: English.
EditorialFour brass rubbings mounted on one sheet. From a Brass in North Aile in St Stephens Church near St Albans without name or date but suppos'd to belong to Sir Richard Leigh's Family who in the reign of Henry 8th lived at Sopewell. By the Parish register ...
EditorialSt. Michael's Church, St Albans; tombs and gravestones in front; trees throughout the scene. St Michael's St Albans. c. 1780-1800. Pen and black ink with watercolour. Source: Maps K.Top.15.49.y.
EditorialA plan of the town of St. Albans, Hertfordshire. A Plan of the Town of St. Albans ... [London] : A. Dury, 1766. Source: Maps K.Top.15.48. Language: English.