Croft Collection (page 2)

PEARLY KING GRAVE
A group of Pearly Kings and Queens pay their respects to Henry Croft, London's first Pearly King, who died on 1 January 1930, aged 68. Date: 1930s

Mason Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon by W.W. Quatremain

Hall's Croft, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon by W.W. Quatremain

Hall's Croft garden, Stratford-upon-Avon by W.W. Quatremain

Push bikes resting against a road sign on village green
Push bikes resting against a sign to Newton, Ashton, Lowton, Croft, Colborne and Wican. Villages near Manchester, England. Date: circa 1900s

A Crofters House, Strond, Isle of Harris, Scotland. Date: circa 1908

Lady Ratendone
Mary Gwendoline (nÚÑáFoster), Lady Forwood (died 1999), Former wife of 2nd Marquess of Willingdon (when Viscount Ratendone)

In the witness box William Gordon-Cumming a decorated lieutenant colonel in the Scots Guards, was accused of cheating at baccarat, during a house party in September 1890

BACCARAT PLAYERS 1891
The Baccarat Scandal at Tranby Croft. Date: 1891

EDWARD VII 1891
The Baccarat Scandal at Tranby Croft Date: 1891

WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING
Sir WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING (1854 - 1921), Distinguished soldier, his career destroyed when he was accused of cheating at cards in the Baccarat scandal, at Tranby Croft, 1890. Date: 1880

Mary MacDonald portrait
Portrait of Miss Mary MacDonald, a very old lady - now deceased - in her crofters cottage, or Black House, Outer Hebrides. Scotland Date: circa 1986

A Highland Homestead with Shepherd and his flock - Scotland. Date: circa 1940s

A Local Woman of the Orkney Islands outside her house. Orkney was the site of a Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, where the sailor who sent this card was stationed (on HMS Royal Arthur) in June 1916

Anne Croft in The Chocolate Soldier by Stanislaus Stange with music by Straus. Photograph of Anne Croft who played the part of Nadina. For the revival at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 31st March 1932

Flora MacDonald's Grave Isle of Skye - Victorian period

Post Office and croft, Scotland. Date: circa 1890

Royal Baccarat Scandal 1891
British gambling scandal, known as the Tranby Croft affair of the late 19th century, showing Sir William Gordon-Cumming and Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in court

Annie Croft in Brighter London at the London Hippodrome, 1923 Date: 1923

Octogenarian Skye crofter, Scotland
Octogenarian Skye crofter outside his cottage, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Maxwell Croft Dior advertisement with Jean Shrimpton
Advertisement for Maxwell Croft whose design collaboration with Christian Dior has resulted in this coat in coffee brown South West African Persian Lamb modelled here by Jean Shrimpton. Date: 1964

Two stars of Julian Wylies revue Brighter London at the Hippodrome: the dancer Ettie Landau and the actress Annie Croft, London, 1923 Date: 1923

The Crofters Daughter by Edwin Landseer. A young woman nurses her baby against a rural Scottish background. Date: c.1830s

Wylie-Tate Revue The Peep Show at the Hippodrome
Scenes and Stars of the Wylie-Tate Revue The Peep Show at the Hippodrome, London. 1921

Man in Scotland with three collie dogs
Man outside a croft in Scotland with three collie dogs. Date: circa 1930s

Woman in Scotland with two collie dogs
Woman outside a croft in Scotland with two collie dogs. Date: circa 1930s

William Gordon-Cumming
Sir WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING Distinguished soldier, his career destroyed when he was accused of cheating at cards in the Baccarat scandal, at Tranby Croft, 1890. Date: 1854 - 1921

Henrietta Cholmley
HENRIETTA CATHERINE CHOLMLEY (nee Croft) second wife of Nathaniel Cholmley of Howsham Hall. Date: ? - 1769

James Brindley / Croft
JAMES BRINDLEY English canal engineers home, known as Brindleys Croft Date: 1716 - 1772

Annie Croft as Poppy - Music Sheet Cover. A Musical Comedy in 3 Acts. Book & lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly: Music by Stephen Jones and Arthur Samuels: Additional numbers by John Egan

Marchioness of Tavistock (Henrietta Tiarks)
The Marchioness of Tavistock at the premiere of Lady L in a mink coat from Maxwell Croft. It divides into a short jacket, day or evening coat

South Parade, Croft-on-Tees, County Durham
South Parade, Croft-on-Tees, Darlington, near Hurworth, County Durham, England. Captioned: Croft Spa Date: 1907

Skye crofters planting potatoes, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Crofters and their cottages, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Miss Audrey Croft in her court presentation gown
Miss Audrey Croft, a former female golf champion, pictured in her court presentation gown in 1928. In both 1926 and 1927 she was the Middlesex champion

Robert Croft Bourne, Vanity Fair, Ape
ROBERT CROFT BOURNE (1888 -1938) British rower, competing in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and Conservative Party politician from 1924 to his death in 1938. Caption: a good stroke Date: 1888 -1938

E Lycett-Green
E LYCETT-GREEN Fox-hunter and gambler from Yorkshire, one of the witnesses in the Tranby Croft baccarat scandal who testified to Gordon-Cummings cheating. Date: circa 1892

Scottish Crofter and young pony - Shetland Islands, Scotland
Scottish Crofter holding a young pony in front of his Croft - Shetland Islands, Scotland. This card comes from a collection that belonged to a servant (Ghillie)

Crofters Township near Flodigarry, Isle of Skye, Scotland Date: circa 1937

Crofters Cottage, Orkney
A Croft in the Orkneys - surrounded by a field of lupins. Date: 1920s

A Crofters Cottage, Shetland, Scotland Date: circa 1930s

Isle of Skye - Homestead / Croft Date: circa 1920s

Lady from Lerwick using a Singer Sewing Machine
A Lady from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, using a Singer Sewing Machine

A Banffshire Crofter

Empire Exhibition Scotland - The Clachan
A replica Scottish hamlet - The Clachan - at the Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland. This area of the exhibition was sponsored by the Scottish island ferry company Caledonian

William Croft
WILLIAM CROFT musician from Warwickshire

Scottish Cottage
Black Rock Cottage, a typical whitewashed crofters cottage, on the Moor of Rannoch, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland

Pearly King / Headstone
The elaborate headstone of Henry Croft who died on 1 January 1930

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