Beaumont Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Two knights clad in medieval

Two knights clad in medieval armour

by F L Leipnik

wife of Adolphe De Bourgogne'

presumably the grey heron Ardea cinerea showing braches and twigs incorporated into its construction and containing a clutch of three eggs

Beaumont Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Two knights clad in medievalBeaumont Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, 1818. At the time of the engraving, Beaumont Lodge was the home of Viscount Ashbrook, a friend of George IV, who acquired the estate in 1805. The house had been rebuilt by Henry Emlyn in 1790. In 1854 it was sold to the Jesuits, who converted it into a training college, then a Catholic boarding school, which closed in 1967. Since 2003 Beaumont Lodge has been used as aconference centre.