Lived Collection (page 2)

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe - Traditional nursery rhyme. From The Land of Nursery Rhyme published by JM Dent Date: 1930

Dead Elephant at London Zoo, 1847
Deceased elephant Jack, pride of the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) in Regents Park. Jack lived at London Zoo for sixteen years and may have been as old as 40 when he died. Date: 1847

His Majestys Airship R34. Built by by William Beardmore and Company in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, R34 first flew on 14 March 1919

Opening session of the First State Duma, Russia
The opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws. Date: April 1906

Sabbatarians stop delivery of post on Sunday
Sabbatarians achieve a short lived victory, having stopped the delivery of post on Sundays. Though pleasing to Post Office workers, it infuriated the public. Date: 1850

Osbornes leap
In 1559, Sir William Hewet (Clothworker) was mayor, whose income is estimated at lb6, 000 per annum. Hewet lived on London Bridge, and one day a nurse playing with his little daughter Anne

Miltons house & burial place
The back of John Miltons house at 19 York Street (Petty France), where he lived until the Restoration, and his burial place at St Giles church without Cripplegate. Date: 19th century

Calendar for 1877, Theatre Royal and Queens Theatre, London, with production details on the reverse for pantomimes, The House That Jack Built and the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (Theatre Royal)

The Anarchist Conspirators in London - Greenwich Bombing
The Anarchist Conspirators in London - (from top left): 1. The Autonomie Club, Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road. 2. Bourdins Workroom as left by him on the day of the explosion. 3

Victor Hugo - Hauteville House, Guernsey, where Victor Hugo lived during his exile from France from 1856 to 1870. Located at 38 Rue Hauteville in St. Peter Port in Guernsey. Date: 1920s

Dickens transforms school room to theatre in Tavistock House
The novelist, Charles Dickens pictured reading from one of his scripts in the large schoolroom at his home in Tavistock Square, London

Zuni (Pueblo) Indians, New Mexico, USA
Zuni Indians (part of a larger group known as Pueblo or Village Indians) in New Mexico. The Zunis lived in multi-storey houses using a ladder to move between floors

St Philomena (Full)
SAINT PHILOMENA Though much venerated by the Cure d Ars and others, this Roman martyr never lived - her supposed existence arose from an archeological mistake Date: NEVER

China - The Ha-Ta-Men, one of the Great Gates of Peking
Lantern slide of The Ha-Ta-Men, one of the Great Gates of Peking (Beijing). The Chongwenmen Gate was popularly called Hatamen after the Mongol Prince Hata who lived in a nearby palace

Old Man, Flat Cap & Pipe
A characterful old man wearing a flat cap smokes his pipe. Date: 1950s

Scylla & Charybdis / Map
Map showing the location of Scylla, the six-headed monster who lived in a cave next to the deadly whirlpool Charybdis, in Sicily

Early Christian. Roman tombstone with Christian iconography
Early Christian Art. Italy. Early Christians. Roman tombstone with Christian iconography. Inscription: Victoria, consecrated virgin, who lived 28 years. Christian phrase appears in pace

Arnolds home at Fox How
Matthew Arnolds home at Fox How, near Ambleside in Cumbria, built by his father Thomas A. at Wordsworths suggestion : W. and Harriet Martineau lived close by. Date: 1822 - 1888

Margaret Patten (136)
MARGARET PATTEN When she died in St Margarets Workhouse, London, she was living almost entirely on bread and milk, but was in good health almost to the end Date: 1603 - 1739

Judgment Day (Angelico)
THE CHOSEN - those who have lived good lives are picked out by the angels and led to their reward, an eternity of heavenly bliss Date: God knows

Blackburn Skua diving with brakes extended The Skua never quite lived up to its early promise, being replaced by the equally dubious Fairey Barracuda

Japan - A group of three Ainos, the aborigines
Lantern slide of a group of three Ainos, the aborigines. The Ainu (also called Aynu, Aino and in historical texts Ezo), are indigenous people or groups in Japan and Russia

Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

Resting (1905). Orpen, Sir William 1878-1931. The model used for Resting was one of Orpen?s favourites, a young washerwoman called Lottie Stafford who lived in a decrepit street called Paradise Walk

Nursery Rhyme Characters, including humpty dumpty, the Queen of Hearts, the Old Woman in the Shoe, the cow who jumped over the moon, the cat and the fiddle

There Was a Crooked Man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse

Isobel Walker
Scottish lady of Aberdeen who died at the age of 112

The old woman who lived in a shoe
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children, she didn t know what to do

HEBE
Daughter of Zeus and Hera, Hebe was the Greek goddess of youth; she lived on Mount Olympus, and was cupbearer to the Gods when not caring for her mothers peacocks

Rembrandts House - Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Rembrandts House (Woning) - Amsterdam - The Netherlands. Restored, 17th-century house where Rembrandt lived & worked for 20 years, hung with his etchings (1639-1658). Now a museum. Date: circa 1910s

Studio photograph of Jules Deruwez
Studio photograph of a Belgian soldier patient in civilian clothes. On the reverse is written in pencil in the hand of Major Powell-Cotton Jules Deruwez 8.2.15

Sir Charles Fox - 2
SIR CHARLES FOX Engineer, whose projects included the construction of Paxtons Crystal Palace : he lived at Blackheath where our Library is located. Date: 1810 - 1874

Mary Bond Eyrick
MARY BOND EYRICK the long-lived wife of sir John Eyrick Date: 1514 - 1611

John Dethick
JOHN DETHICK Beyond the fact that he lived at West Newton, Norfolk, neither we nor the British Museum know what is this gentlemans claim to fame. Date: 1567 - 1657

Robert Charles Dallas
ROBERT CHARLES DALLAS Jamaica-born writer, best known for his association with Byron, about whom he wrote a volume of reminiscences. He lived mostly abroad. Date: 1754 - 1824

Joseph Cradock - 2
JOSEPH CRADOCK Writer of plays, travel notes (he climbed Snowdon !) and a novel against gambling; in his later years he lived on turnips and roasted apples. Date: 1742 - 1826

Joseph Cradock - 1
JOSEPH CRADOCK Writer of plays, travel notes (he climbed Snowdon !) and a novel against gambling; in his later years he lived on turnips and roasted apples. Date: 1742 - 1826

Thomas Sidney Cooper
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER English artist, as a young man - he lived to be 99 ! Date: 1803 - 1902

Sir Henry Chauncy
SIR HENRY CHAUNCY Serjeant at Law, author of a History of Hertfordshire, where he lived. Date: 1632 - 1719

Antoine Chabaud
ANTOINE CHABAUD French colonel of engineers - he lived, he died, without a word of reproach. Date: 1727 - 1791

Charles Lucien Bonaparte
CHARLES LUCIEN BONAPARTE, Prince of Canino; son of Napoleons brother Lucien : a philosopher, who lived chiefly in Italy. Date: 1803 - 1857

Steenockerzeel Castle, Belgium, where Prince Otto von Habsburg and his mother, ex-Empress Zita (Austro-Hungarian Royalty) lived until 1939. Date: 1930s

Louise Ackermann, Writer
LOUISE VICTORINE CHOQUET ACKERMANN, French mystical poet who, when her husband died after 2 years, lived a solitary existence in an old convent near Nice. Date: 1813 - 1890

Achille Bazaine (John)
ACHILLE-FRANCOIS BAZAINE French soldier in Crimea, Mexico, Italy, but defeated in war with Prussia, court- martialled, imprisoned : escaped, lived in exile. Date: 1811 - 1888

Johann Philip Baratier
JOHANN PHILIP BARATIER (1721 - 1740) Short-lived German scholar, who died at the age of 19. Date: circa 1735

Abraham a Santa Clara
ABRAHAM A SANTA CLARA (secular name Ulrich Megerle) German friar and theologian, lived and died in Vienna. Date: 1644 - 1709

Hotel De LA Victoire
The HOTEL DE LA VICTOIRE, in the rue de la Victoire, Paris, where Napoleon lived before his rise to power following the 18 Brumaire. Date: 1790s

Catherine Warman (107)
CATHERINE WARMAN Prussian-born girl who came to England, lost two husbands, and became a resident in St Martins almshouse, London : lively and bright to the end. Date: 1648 - 1755

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