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The Melton Breakfast by Sir Francis Grant

A rare mezzotint of High Leicestershire Lights of the past enjoying breakfast before a hunt. From left to right are Massey Stanley, the Earl of Wilton, Count Matuszevic, Lord Gardner, Walter Little Gilmour, Lyne Stevens, a servant, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Lord Rokeby, Lord Forester, Lord Kinnaird and Roland Errington. Lord Forester, standing by the fire, became Master of the Belvoir, and hunted that country for twenty-eight years. Mr Gilmour and Lord Gardner were well known for their cooks and cellars and the latter was also a poet. Mr Errington was Master of the Quorn from 1835 to 1838. The artist, once President of the Royal Academy, was knighted at the age of fifty-six and lived most of his life in Melton in the heart of Leicestershire hunting country. His family preferred that he should be buried there rather than in St. Paul's Cathedral. Date: 1835

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1404-10 (alabaster)

3468199 Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1404-10 (alabaster) by Werve, Claus de (1380-1439); 41.7x16.6x11.7 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Philip the Bold (French: Philippe le Hardi, Dutch: Filips de Stoute; 17 January 1342 - 27 April 1404, Halle) was Duke of Burgundy (as Philip II) and jure uxoris Count of Flanders (as Philip II), Artois and Burgundy (as Philip IV).); Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; Netherlandish, out of copyright

© Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund / Bridgeman Images

History of Sicily: Roger I of Sicily & Robert Guiscard entering Palermo in 1071. Illustration on Liebig collectible card

History of Sicily: Roger I of Sicily & Robert Guiscard entering Palermo in 1071. Illustration on Liebig collectible card (French series: La Sicile historique'). 1913. RI: Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101, c.?1031/1040 - 22 June 1101. RG: Norman adventurer, c.?1015 - 17 July 1085

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