Meeting of Edward IV of England and Louis XI of France at Picquigny mb-code 1632506 A satire linking the cult

A satire linking the cult of Vitruvius (which deduces laws of composition and canons of beauty from the measurements of ancient columns and statues) with the preposterous hairdos of the beau monde

Plate 16 from the book Icones rerum naturalium

Sketches of the Transit of Venus at the beginning of the 1769 event

Sir Thomas Guy's monument in Guy's Hospital chapel

Pepin (714-768)

Meeting of Edward IV of England and Louis XI of France at Picquigny mb-code 1632506 A satire linking the cultMeeting of Edward IV of England and Louis XI of France at Picquigny, France, 1475 (1864). Edward (1442 1483) and Louis (1423 1483) lay their hands on the missal and the cross and swear to observe their respective engagements to complete the Treaty of Picquigny. Under the treaty, Louis agreed to pay Edward 75,000 crowns followed by a further annual payment of 50,000 crowns in return for his agreeing not to take up arms to pursue any claim to the French