photographs

Richard III meets Philippa and Harry at the Wallace Collection….

Nov 17, 2022

anniversaries, art, films

armour, birthdays, Harry Lloyd, Philippa Langley, photographs, Richard III, statues, The Lost King, The Wallace Collection

We’ve been deluged with reviews and information about The Lost King, and we’re flocking to see it wherever we can. But one thing has always been thin on the ground, and that’s publicity photographs. We’ve had the same few, so finding another (not actually from the film itself) with Philippa Langley and Harry Lloyd looking…
Peter Wilkinson, cameraman to the Queen….and (wishfully) to centuries of history….?

Apr 29, 2020

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law

“Tudor” propaganda, Battle of Bosworth, Buckingham Palace, Edward V, Elizabeth II, Henry VII, Peter Wilkinson, photographs, Richard III, Royal Victorian Order, Stony Stratford, Three Estates, Wydeville plot

I have just watched an extremely interesting documentary called Camerman to the Queen, about the exceedingly talented and prudent royal cameraman, Peter Wilkinson, who is clearly not only brilliant at what he does, but is also the complete soul of discretion. He’s trusted by the Queen and royal family, blends in matchlessly and can be…
Another prominent Talbot

Sep 17, 2019

anniversaries, genealogy, Science

Anne of Exeter, Assyriology, calotype, Earls of Ilchester, Edward IV, integral calculus, inventors, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Louis Daguerre, mathematics, Mesopotamia, patents, photographs, Royal Institution, Royal Society, spectral analysis, Talbots, William Henry Fox Talbot, Y-chromosome

Last year, we brought you the news that the developers of the Stanley knife were descended from Thomas, Baron Stanley, subsequently Earl of Derby. Now we can announce that a great scientist and inventor was a Talbot, authentically descended from John “Old Talbot”, Earl of Shrewsbury and posthumous father-in-law to Edward IV. William Henry Fox…
Warwick Castle – England’s Finest Medieval Castle

Nov 27, 2017

anniversaries, buildings

Aethelflaed, Alfred the Great, castles, Danes, Edward of Warwick, Edward VII, Fosse Way, Guy’s tower, Henry de Beaumont, Mercia, Merlin Entertainments, Norman conquest, photographs, Richard of Warwick, Warwick Castle, William I

Warwick Castle Portcullis Francis Frith Photo of the portcullis 1901 The mound as viewed from the portcullis Old bridge Warwick Castle The moat Warwick Castle. Old staircase in Warwick Castle 14th century Guys Tower For more photos and an interesting article from ‘Britain and Britishness’ about Warwick Castle please see this link . Much of…
Treasures of the House of York’s England….

May 12, 2017

buildings

David Santiuste, Edward IV, Edward V, mediaeval buildings, photographs, Rae Tan, Richard III

I love it when I’m browsing the net and happen upon something that is interesting, well illustrated…and concerns the House of York. Here is just one such site, which covers not only Yorkist England, but some possessions across the Channel.
Appeal for Richard III event photographs….

Feb 27, 2016

Events

Bosworth, Leicester, photographs, reinterment, Richard III, Richard III Visitor Centre

If you have some photographs you took when Richard was taken to Leicester for reinterment, or any other shots taken at that time (and which might help to build a portrait of the king), there is to be display of such work at the present exhibition in the King Richard III Visitor Centre. To read…
By a strange coincidence …

Oct 1, 2015

buildings

Leicester cathedral, photographs, Richard III reburial

… Richard III’s reburial week covered the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and these stunning photographs were taken (by J.L. Mungovin) at daybreak near the Autumnal Equinox.