
Tag: art historian


A knight in armour under the whitewash at Hornton Church, and there might just be room for his horse.

Margery de Verdun, Sir John de Verdon and a horse called Grisel de Coloigne: the Hornton Saint George, a portrait of the Black Prince? On second thoughts, I reckon it could be.

‘Dear Brother,’ the unpublished letters of Charles Cadogan, part 6: from Hanover to Florence, via Copenhagen and Munich

‘Dear Brother,’ The unpublished letters of Charles Cadogan, part 5. Europe on half a guinea a day; and where to buy a good second-hand carriage. (Vienna to Berlin, February – May 1788)

Ichthyosaur cider brandy, and a revival at Benton End.

Dear Brother,’ the unpublished letters of Charles Cadogan. Part 4: Alexandria to Cracow (September 1786 to July 1787)

‘Dear Brother’ part 2. From the Alps to Naples, Sicily and Malta via Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum (January to May 1785)

‘Dear Brother’: The grand tour letters of Charles Henry Cadogan part 1. Canterbury to the Alps
