... Hogarth, and shows the obverse and the reverse of the second Exchequer seal which was in use from 1724 to 1727. It also shows the arms of\!Valpole and his first wife, together with the figure of Hercules, representing heroic virtue, roundels representing the ...

... Prevaricating, they supported the wrong side at the wrong time, and both Sir John and his son were executed in 1645. Fearing that his estate would be confiscated, Sir John granted much of it away to various members of the family, and it was only in 1768 ...

... facility for detecting movement over huge distances. They can track as well as hunt by sight. With the advent of long-range fire- arms, it became easy to overlook the value of hounds which once meant the difference between starvation and survival for primitive ...

... Charles Knight watercolours. DITCHLING GALLERY, High Street, Ditchling, Sussex. May sth-June 2nd. Tel. (07918) 3342. COATS OF ARMS researched, designed and painted. ANCESTRY traced. FREE details from THE HERALDRY CENTRE, Northgate, Canterbury, Kent CTI IBACL ...

... As well as paintings by members of the Bloomsbury Group and other painters, drawings by Waiter Sickert, Augustus John, Henry Moore and John Piper will be on show. skills and techniques, and constant reassur·ance. The national parks are hoping that the ...