The New Mayfair Edwardians.

The New Mayfair Edwardians (Peter Coats; William Ackroyd; Mark Gilbey) by Norman Parkinson 1950.




Quaint rather like policemen's helmets very English images that make you smile.

The first day of Spring.

Happy Mother's Day.

A Winter Evening, Artist Unknown.

Spring Is Near.

Alice in Wonderland by Arthur Rackham.

Elizabeth of York.

Elizabeth of York the mother of Henry VIII, Great great great grandaughter of Edward III the daughter of Edward IV, the niece of Richard III and the wife of Henry VII.

The Globe Theatre.

Founded during the reign of Elizabeth I of England in 1594 The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997 approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.

Procession Portrait of Elizabeth I.

Procession Portrait of Elizabeth I of England c. 1600 Attributed to Robert Peake the Elder.

Procession Portrait of Elizabeth I of England c. 1601. Queen Elizabeth I preceded by the Knights of the Garter. From left: Edmund Sheffield, later Earl of Mulgrave; Thomas Howard, Lord howard of Effingham and Lord Admiral; George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland; George Carey, Lord Hunsten; unknown knight, possibly Robert Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex; and Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, carrying the Sword of State. In the foreground is Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, Master of the Horse. Of the four men carrying the canopy only the one in white on the far right has been identified: Worcester's eldest son, Lord Herbert. Source: Strong, Roy. Gloriana. Thames and Hudson, 1987.