17th Century Collection

The Kings cabinet de travail (study) at Versailles. The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 248. The Palace of Versailles was built over a period of 60 years by some 36

The Globe Theatre, Southwark, London 1616. View of the Globe by the Dutch engraver, Claes Jansz Visscher (1587-1652) draughtsman, engraver, cartographer

ATLANTIS Map according to the polymath Athansius Kircher ( 1602 - 1680 ) who based his account of the lost continent on the writings of Plato. From Kirchers Mundus Suberraneus - 1678

Rubens - La Adoration de los Reyes - Adoration of the Magi, 1610 by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) in the Prado in Madrid

Louis XIV inkstand in red jasper and gilt. The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 153

Cup in lapis lazuli surmounted by Neptune in silver garlands of ceramic and enamelled flowers. Sphinxs at base and exotic animals, from Louis XIV collection of jewels

Sword of King Gustavos Adolphus, King of Sweden, 1611 - 1632. In the Royal Armourie in the Tower of London

Lucy Walter : Portrait by Antoine Palamedes

The First Civil War (1642-6) - Raising the Royal Standard at Nottingham (22 August 1642) - King Charles I raised his royal standard at Nottingham, officially initiating the English Civil War

167. Chatsworth House, England

Baptism of the Dauphin detail from a Gobelins tapestry after Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 65

The Sun King, Coat of Arms, from a balcony in the Place Vendome, Paris. Ornately decorated with an emblem of Louis XIV. The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, back cover

Reception of His Royal Highness Prince of Orange on his entering London. 1689

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham painted by Cornelius Janssen - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (28 August 1592 - 23 August 1628)

Boy Blowing Bubbles (1663) - from the picture in the Royal Collection - Frans van Mieris the elder, Bein. ?TopFoto

John Churchills meeting with Louis XIV in the field would have been at a ceremony similar to this royal visit to the French fortresses in Flanders in 1680 - engraving - Le Voyage du Roy

Civil War warrant for issue of muskets to Colonel Lloyds Regiment. Signed by King Charles 1, c 1643

Louis XIV stirrups. The Sun King by Nancy Mitford, page 209

Henry, Prince of Wales, in the Hunting Field by Robert Peake the Elder (British, active by 1576)
Henry, Prince of Wales, in the Hunting Field by Robert Peake the Elder (British, active by 1576, died 1619). From This War Without An Enemy by Richard Ollard, page 32

Batemans, Kiplings House, Sussex - view of the house once owned by Rudyard Kipling
Bateman s, Kiplings House, Sussex - view of the house once owned by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) built in 1634 ?TopFoto

Petworth House in West Sussex - a view of the west front rebuilt in 1688-93 ?TopFoto

Members spring race meeting at Brooklands. Eric Longden, winner of the Junior Short Handicap. 29 April 1922

300 year old cottage in Foots Cray. 1936

A view of Hall Place, Bexley, Kent, now opened to the public. 1937

163. Chatsworth House, England

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