The Cowdray engravings comprise five 18th-century engravings of 16th-century wall-paintings, originally commissioned by Sir Anthony Browne. The original...
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Cowdray House consists of the ruins of one of England's great Tudor houses, architecturally comparable to many of the great palaces and country houses...
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Anthony Browne (died 1548) (section Cowdray engravings)
Sir Anthony Browne, KG (c. 1500 – 6 May 1548) of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, both in Sussex, England, was a Member of Parliament and a courtier who...
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detailed account of Dominic Fontana's theory on the sinking see "The Cowdray engravings and the loss of the Mary Rose". Channel 4, "What Sank the Mary Rose...
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trace italienne-style of fortification popular on the Continent. The Cowdray engraving of the Battle of the Solent in 1545 depicted Henry VIII visiting the...
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Battle of the Solent Part of the Italian War of 1542–46 The "Cowdray engraving" of the battle, 1778 Belligerents France England Commanders and leaders...
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though this was abandoned only eleven years after construction. The Cowdray engraving of The Encampment of the English forces near Portsmouth in 1545 depicts...
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Battle of the Solent, at which Carew lost his life. "Cowdray engraving" c. 1545...
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Southsea Castle in 2011, and depicted in the Cowdray engraving of the Battle of the Solent in 1545...
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commissioned by London Transport in 1978, depicts, in the form of wood engravings, the story of the building of the medieval cross by stonemasons and sculptors...
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failure ("Insuficiencia Cardiaca Postoperativia") at the Cowdray Hospital, the American British Cowdray Medical Centre. According to the certificate, she is...
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"Schoolhill and Blackfriars Street, Art Gallery including War Memorial and Cowdray Hall, Robert Gordon's College Archway and former Grays School of Art (Category...
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assistance of eminent professional gentlemen. Illustrated with numerous engravings, by the most distinguished artists. In thirty-nine volumes. Vol. I (-...
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Midhurst grammar school, witnessing while there the destruction by fire of Cowdray House. Two years after that disaster he was with Thew, the engraver, at...
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Raemoir for about £80,000. It was purchased by Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, in 1925, after which his wife embarked on a programme of repairs. Since...
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at Oxburgh Hall. It is thought that the embroideries were once kept at Cowdray Park, and were brought to Oxburgh in 1761 when Mary Browne married Richard...
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famous interview in 1520 between Henry VIII and Francis I Four pictures at Cowdray near Midhurst, the property of Lord Montague, illustrating Henry VIII's...
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representing the Basque people. Queen Elizabeth Oak Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) Cowdray Park, West Sussex, England 800–1000 Darley Oak Pedunculate oak (Quercus...
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is in the collection of the Viscount Cowdray having apparently been sold to Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, in 1923 (a year before Huth's widow...
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Antiquities (including the Chavero Collection) in the possession of Viscount Cowdray edited by Thomas Athol Joyce. Several black and white illustrations by...
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lost (either the original or a copy perished in the fire that destroyed Cowdray House, Sussex, in 1793); one copy survives in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge...
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Right Honourable Weetman Pearson, Baron Cowdray, by the name, style and title of Viscount Cowdray, of Cowdray, in the county of Sussex. President of the...
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Petworth House, the Gages at Firle, the Brownes (the Lords Montague) at Cowdray Park, the Palmers at Parham House, as well as other minor dynasties like...
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marriage to the heiress Mary de Bohun of Midhurst, who brought with her the Cowdray estate in Sussex, and it was this that became Sir David's principal residence...
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Edward Apsley, whose company of the Bramber Trained Band was garrisoning Cowdray House, joined other Sussex Parliamentarians in advancing against Arundel...
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