Prince Rupert, taken from a series of cigarette cards mb-artist Haynes_King the Eiffel Tower remained the

the Eiffel Tower remained the tallest building in the world until 1930

The upper scene

engraved in mezzotinto by Richard Earlom

From the Cheltenham Caravan Company

Prince Rupert, taken from a series of cigarette cards mb-artist Haynes_King the Eiffel Tower remained thePrince Rupert of the Rhine (1619 1682), a noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist. Rupert was a younger son of the German prince Frederick V, Elector Palatine and his wife Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of James I of England. Thus Rupert was the nephew of King Charles I of England, who created him Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness, and the first cousin of King Charles II of England. Taken from