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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Charles Allston Collins 1828-1873 is in Painters.
On 25th January 1828 Charles Allston Collins was born to William Collins (age 40).
Before 1847. Charles Allston Collins (age 18). Portrait of [his father] William Collins (age 58), the artist's father.
William Collins: In 1788 he was born. In 1847 he died.
In 1847 [his father] William Collins (age 59) died.
1850. Charles Allston Collins (age 21). "Berengaria's Alarm for the Safety of Her Husband, Richard Coeur de Lion, Awakened by the Sight of His Girdle Offered for Sale at Rome".
Around 1851 in an undated letter, Charles Allston Collins (age 22) wrote to Holman Hunt: "I have been very much occupied lately having taken the trouble of persuading a young lady [Sarah Eliza Hackett] to sit, who struck both Millais and myself as having possessed a very beautiful head – she was a friend of a friend of mine so after some trouble I managed to secure her, but I have been obliged to hurry very much as her time was limited. I had to pursue her to her own house and take sittings there, getting up very early for this purpose."
1851. Charles Allston Collins (age 22). "A Good Harvest of 1854".
1851. Charles Allston Collins (age 22). "May, in the Regent's Park".
1851 to 1852. Charles Allston Collins (age 22). "The Devout Childhood of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary". Detroit Institute of Arts, United States of America.
Before 13th May 1851. Charles Allston Collins (age 23). Study for Convent Thoughts.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Before 13th May 1851. Letter from Charles Allston Collins (age 23) to William Holman Hunt (age 24) regarding the picture "Convent Thoughts".
In or after June 1851. Charles Allston Collins (age 23). "Convent Thoughts". The passion flower symbolising the Passion of Christ. The missal in her left hand shows the Annunciation and Crucifixion. The model probably Sarah Eliza Hackett. The artist had borrowed the same costume fot the nun that William Holman Hunt (age 24) has used for Claudio and Isabella. The flowers were all painted from nature in the garden of Thomas Combe's home in the quadrangle of the Clarendon Press in Oxford.
1853. Charles Allston Collins (age 24). Portrait of (probably) [his future wife] Catherine "Kate" Perugini nee Dickens (age 13), the artist's wife.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1853. 6th January 1853. To Rossetti's (age 24), Blackfriars Bridge. Met there W. Holman Hunt (age 25), J. E. Millais (age 23), J. P. Seddon (age 25), Clayton (age 25), Munro (age 27), whose charming group of Francesca and her lover was in Rossetti's studio, Stephens, Blanchard, C. Lucy, a Scotchman and a foreigner. Millais somewhat egotistical and little real, his attention being easily distracted. He jerked out some good remarks. Spoke highly of Ruskin (age 33) as a friend of Art; said that Mrs. R (age 24). was sitting for one of his pictures1. Hunt struck me as a thoroughly genuine, humorous, good-hearted, straightforward English-like fellow. Said he was bound for Syria before long. Millais spoke highly of Charles Collins (age 24) as a good religious man?
Note 1. Probably "The Order of Release".
In 1860 Charles Allston Collins (age 31) and Catherine "Kate" Perugini nee Dickens (age 20) were married.
Around 1865. Charles Allston Collins (age 36). Portrait of Wilkie Collins, the artist's brother.
On 9th April 1873 Charles Allston Collins (age 45) died of cancer. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery, Kensington.
In 1874 Charles Edward Perugini (age 34) and [his former wife] Catherine "Kate" Perugini nee Dickens (age 34) were married.
On 9th May 1929 [his former wife] Catherine "Kate" Perugini nee Dickens (age 89) died.