The Defence of Basing House portable computer Norse explorer Thorvald Eriksson fighting

Norse explorer Thorvald Eriksson fighting Native Americans

NEWCASTLE ON TYNE' with pencilled curatorial inscriptions

North-west view showing the watch house and figures in front

'Buy a Fork or a Fire Shovel'

New Ireland is an island off the north-east coast of New Guinea

The Defence of Basing House portable computer Norse explorer Thorvald Eriksson fighting'The Defence of Basing House', 1640s, (19th century). Scene from a mural fresco by Charles West Cope in the Peers Corridor, Palace of Westminster, showing the Cavaliers fighting the Parliamentary Army near Basingstoke. Illustration from Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905).