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Sir Nigel is a historical novel set during the early phase of the Hundred Years' War, spanning the years 1350 to 1356. [1] It was written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in serial form during 1905–06 where it was illustrated by Joseph Clement Coll. [2] It was illustrated by The Kinneys and Arthur Twidle in its book ...
A statue of Sir Nigel Gresley made of bronze stands near the booking office of London King's Cross railway station.It was commissioned by the Gresley Society in memory of Sir Nigel Gresley, a locomotive designer who worked in offices at the station and whose designs included Mallard, which set the unbroken steam locomotive speed record in 1938.
English: The statue of Sir Nigel Gresley against a Flemish bond brick wall at King's Cross mainline railway stations in Camden, London, England. Mobile device view: Wikimedia (as at 2019) makes it difficult to immediately view photo groups related to this image.
The White Company is a historical adventure novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, set during the Hundred Years' War. [1] The story is set in England, France and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward the Black Prince, to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile.
Self Portrait (1888) by Charles Altamont Doyle. In the original, he has written "That's his guardian angel over the left, utterly disgusted". [1]Charles Altamont Doyle (25 March 1832 – 10 October 1893) was an illustrator, watercolourist and civil servant.
Nicolson was born on 6 August 1914. He was the elder son of authors Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West and the brother of writer and politician Nigel.His godmothers were Violet Trefusis, Olive Custance and Rosamund Grosvenor.
Nigel Cooke’s paintings depict carnivalesque figures set within harsh landscapes that are littered with urban decay. [3] The paintings imply a strong sense of foreboding both through the depicted forms such as skulls and derelict buildings and also through his use of colour which often features bilious toxic greens. [3]
Robert Neil MacGregor (born 16 June 1946) is a British art historian and former museum director. He was editor of the Burlington Magazine from 1981 to 1987, then Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1987 to 2002, Director of the British Museum from 2003 to 2015, [1] and founding director of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin until 2018.