Compound letters, 800 AD Finish:Single View of a sand vessel

View of a sand vessel on the River Thames at Vauxhall

William Gladstone (1809-1898)

His Conservative government had recently resigned and Lord Derby's consolation was being created a Knight of the Garter

Smeaton was engaged to convert the old corn mill at Stratford into a waterwheel-powered engine for raising water

Compound letters, 800 AD Finish:Single View of a sand vesselCompound letters, 800 AD, (20th century). A 20th century copy of the illustrated manuscript, produced by Celtic monks around AD 800. Illustration from The Book of Kells, described by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart, 4th edition, published in London in about 1920.