The Ashmolean head of Oliver Cromwelldoi:10.1093/nq/175.16.283aF. William CockNotes and Queries
Du Puy, a bachelor, died intestate in 1738, and it seems that Cromwell’s head somehow reverted to the sentry Barnes’ family, for the next we hear is that it is in the possession of Samuel Russell, “a dissolute, drunken and impecunious comedian.” Russell appears to have married Barne...
Oliver Cromwell - the only commoner to have become Britain's head of state - has puzzled biographers for centuries. He was a complex character, courageous but at the same time devious and self-serving. But the Cromwell who comes through in his own speeches and writings does not give us the...
"It is the best painted wart in English art, if not the only painted wart in English art," Bendor Grosvenor, head of research at the gallery, said. "When you see it close up in high definition the top is all white and flaky, absolutely repulsive." When Cromwell died his son came ...
A song named for Christmas‑cancelling regicide Oliver Cromwell may seem like an unlikely hit, but the infectious ebullience of 'Oliver's Army' provided Elvis Costello with his biggest-selling single... Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Birkenhead Observatory, 1979. From left to right: Pete Tho...
159. Oliver Cromwell came to Stamford in 1643, following the retreat of the Cavalier army who had tried to capture Peterborough. 160. Oliver had never seen a dirtier or more miserable place. 161. Dickie jumped off the pontoon into the flat-bottomed boat moored alongside, and lifted Oliver ...
which weapon it is said that Cromwell carried off. The outside casing of the shield has broken away, as you observe, but the lions or lizards, or whatever they were meant for, and the flower-de-laces or plumes may still be seen. The metallic scales, if such they were, have partially...
The Ashmolean Head of Oliver Cromwelldoi:10.1093/nq/175.26.462gCock F. WilliamNotes and Queries
Friday Book: The resurrection of Oliver Cromwell ; Roundhead Reputations: the English civil wars and the passions of posterity by Blair Worden (Allen Lane, pounds 20)WHEN TOURISTS queue up to visit the House of Commons, they stand in line beneath a grim statue that fronts Westminster Hall. ...
which weapon it is said that Cromwell carried off. The outside casing of the shield has broken away, as you observe, but the lions or lizards, or whatever they were meant for, and the flower-de-laces or plumes may still be seen. The metallic scales, if such they were, have partially...