The Defence of Basing House portable computer Norse explorer Thorvald Eriksson fighting

Norse explorer Thorvald Eriksson fighting Native Americans

North-west view showing the watch house and figures in front

NEWCASTLE ON TYNE' with pencilled curatorial inscriptions

Scene of a bull rampaging through Smithfield Market

and the 1865 Budget looming

The Defence of Basing House portable computer Norse explorer Thorvald Eriksson fighting'The Defence of Basing House', 1640s, (19th century). Scene from a mural fresco by Charles West Cope in the Peers Corridor, Palace of Westminster, showing the Cavaliers fighting the Parliamentary Army near Basingstoke. Illustration from Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905).