Quoin
Any external angle or corner of a structure.
The Storm (1704)
An account by Daniel Defoe of the great storm of 1703, the first work of modern journalism.
Coranto
Early form of English newspaper published from the 1620s until the 1630s.
The Car Illustrated
A British weekly automobile magazine founded in 1902.
Charlotte de Berry
A probably fictional 17th-century female pirate.
Eyre Crowe
Victorian painter, principally of genre and historical subjects.
James Sharples
A blacksmith and self-taught artist whose major work, The Forge, was completed in 1847.
Colonel John Gordon
Daubed as “The richest commoner in Scotland”, Colonel John Gordon owned estates on mainland Scotland and purchased several Scottish islands
Cockatrice
A mythical heraldic beast hatched from a rooster’s egg hatched by a toad, said to be able to kill with its stare.
Murder Act 1752
An Act of parliament of England and Wales to increase the horror of being executed for murder by expediting the process and denying the right to a decent burial.