Pencil drawing of an early 13th century Templar Knight

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Pencil drawing of Viking ship. "Bitter is the wind tonight, It tosses the ocean’s white hair Tonight, I fear not the fierce warriors of Norway Coursing on the Irish sea" Wrote around 850AD by an unknown monk in Ireland.(Sources St.Gallen Stiftsbibliothek,Prisciani grammatica

Pencil drawing entitled "Æscberend" (spear bearers) #saxon #viking #medieval #pencilart #Pencildrawing

Today (19th June) in 1312 Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall was killed under the orders of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick. Pencil drawing I made, of Guy de Beauchamp, photo taken before complition showing work in progress.

Detail from my recent painting of the Battle of Antioch 1098 available to view on my website matthewryanhistoricalillustrator.com

My Artwork I produced for the Graphic boards @ #RichardIII #kriiicentre can be seen at opening this weekend

Battle of #Northampton 1460 - painting by Matthew Ryan #15thcentury #waroftheroses

Henry V illustration made for The Royal Armouries in a contemporary manuscript style

Today in 1095 Pope Urban made a speech in a field outside Clamont that triggered the First Crusade

Doubt they just "shoved" them through their belts, drawing I made of an archers arrow girdle based on MS images

Our Photo of the Week is this fab shot of the White Tower The Tower of London by redtagflyer9 on Instagram #PalacePhoto

Illustration and typography design I created for a forthcoming Hundred Years War graphic novel series....

This saturday May 19 Prince Henry will take a wife,however on May 19 1536 King Henry took his wife's head!Only one clashed with FA Cup Final