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La Belle Dame sans merci, by Arthur Hughes

This painting by English artist Arthur Hughes was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1919 with funds from the Felton Bequest. It portrays a scene fromthe well-known ballad of the same name penned in 1819 by Romantic poet John Keats. The…

‘Eating the Leek’ (Henry V, Act V, Scene I), The Bulletin, 4 March 1893.

This political cartoon by ‘Hop’ enacts a scene from William Shakespeare’s historical play, Henry V. In the scene, Fluellen the Welshman angrily berates the unfortunate Pistol, a crony of Sir John Falstaff, and forces him to eat a…

Tags: cartoon, Fluellen, Henry V, John Bull, medieval costume, New South Wales, NSW politics, Pistol, political cartoon, politics, Shakespeare, Sir George Richard Dibbs (1834-1904), Sir Robert William Duff (1835-1895), theatre, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616)

Medieval costumes at the 2003 Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group Christmas Party

Members of the Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group in medieval costume posing for photos at the PMRG Christmas Party in 2003. The Perth Medieval and Renaissance group was founded in 1981. Its membership is comprised of staff, graduates and…

Tags: anachronism, Christmas, Christmas party, costume, festivities, festivity, medieval costume, medieval dress, medieval recreation, monk, party, Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group, Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group (PMRG), PMRG, recreation

â€˜The old soldierâ€™ at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre

This is one of a series of pre-action photographs taken by photographer Richard Taylor at Nurragingy Reserve in 2011. It shows an â€˜old warriorâ€™ displaying steely determination to survive a potentially dangerous encounter. The subject of…

Tags: Armor, Armour, Arms, Blacktown Medieval Fayre, byrnie, chain mail, chainmail, coif, combat, fair, haubergeon, hauberk, helmet, medieval costume, New South Wales, Norman style helmet, NSW, Nurragingy Reserve, re-enactment, soldier, Sydney, war, warfare

â€˜Soldier at a Medieval Faireâ€™

This is a â€˜frozenâ€™ combat image taken at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre by photographer Richard Taylor in 2011. It depicts a participant dressed in a Norman style helmet complete with a chainmail collar known as an avential or camal, and…

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La Belle Dame sans merci, by Arthur Hughes

‘Eating the Leek’ (Henry V, Act V, Scene I), The Bulletin, 4 March 1893.

Medieval costumes at the 2003 Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group Christmas Party

â€˜The old soldierâ€™ at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre

â€˜Soldier at a Medieval Faireâ€™