'Figure du Rhinoceros...' Finish:20-pack Williamstown

Williamstown

Showing figures in Tudor costume

Among the pedestrians is 'Jack in the Green' as part of the May Day celebrations

Entrance to Girdlers' Hall

'Figure du Rhinoceros...' Finish:20-pack WilliamstownFigure of a rhinoceros, 'arme de toutes pieces' (with all pieces of armour) viewed from the side. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f. 24. Ambroise Par (c. 1510 1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France. Original: woodcut engraving. 1582