Thomas Blood attempting to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London in 1671 Size:M: 60 x 60cm 28th July 1981

28th July 1981

'Christ entering Jerusalem'

The County Court now had jurisdiction in nearly all suits of Equity in which the value of the estate or fund did not exceed £500

Two characters from Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens sitting under trees in the wilderness

'After the Bath'

Thomas Blood attempting to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London in 1671 Size:M: 60 x 60cm 28th July 1981Thomas Blood attempting to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London in 1671, (1937). Although Blood (1618 1680) got his hands on the jewels, the alarm was raised and he failed to get out of the Tower. Perhaps surprisingly, Charles II pardoned him fully for the crime. An illustration from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number, (London, 1937).