Notable Collection (#2)

Memorial to Major Charles Strafford MBE, Ranville
After the war a number of veterans returned to Normandy to live and one of the most notable was Charles Strafford. He became very involved in the Commemorations associated with D-Day

British hospital ship Asturias and the ship Dacia
Not warships, but of Great War fame: two notable vessels. The first is the British hospital ship Asturias, attacked by a German submarine off Le Havre

English Cathedrals - Lichfield Cathedral - View of Cathedral spires over pool. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals

Vessel in Port - Karachi, Pakistan
Smart steam vessel in Port - Karachi, Pakistan - possibly the arrival/departure of a notable foreign dignitary? Date: circa 1909

Sofia Kovalevskaya - Russian Mathematician
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) - Russian female mathematician, and also the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Europe in 1889. Date: circa 1889

British Red Cross Society, Duchess of Westminsters Hospital
A collection of eleven original images relating to No. 1 British Red Cross Society Hospital, more commonly known as The Duchess of Westminsters Hospital, named after its Founder

Henri Rougier in a Voisin at the Grande Semaine dAviation meeting held at Heliopolis near Cairo, February 1910. Organised by the Aero Club of Egypt

Volta (Card)
ALESSANDRO VOLTA Italian scientist, notable for his invention of the voltaic pile - the first electric battery

Primeval Chaos
Primeval chaos pre-existed the Big Bang and Gods seven-day Creation. The Zodiac signs and other notable celestial celebrities tumbled about the cosmos every which way

A group of Notable Local Leaders, Syria. Date: circa 1906

Godfrey Baring MP (for the Isle of Wight)
A sgned postcard portrait Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet (18711957) - Liberal Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight and later Barnstaple

Boston, Massachusetts - USA - Trinity Church, Art Museum, Public Library and New Old South Church. Date: 1895

Saint Marys Hospital Chapel - Chichester, W H Barrett Postcard. St Marys is a remarkable survival of a 13th Century hospital

Gadames, Libya - Interior of a Notable Home
Ghadames - an oasis town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya - Interior of a Notable Home. Date: circa 1910s

Julian Fane
JULIAN HENRY CHARLES FANE Son of the earl of Westmoreland, diplomat and poet who made notable translations of Heines poems. Date: 1827 - 1870

Diomedes, Greek Hero
DIOMEDES, son of Tydeus and Deipyle, Achaean leader in the siege of Troy and hero of many notable actions in the Iliad. Date: BCE

Alexandre Chatrian
ALEXANDRE CHATRIAN French writer, notable for his collaboration with Erckmann on historical novels. Date: 1826 - 1890

Countess of Charleville
CATHERINE MARIA (nee Dawson) countess of CHARLEVILLE, wife of Charles, first earl : she held a notable salon. Date: 1761 - 1851

Bishop Bonners House
BONNERs HOUSE IN LONDON Bishop of London, notable for his harshness to dissenters. Date: 1500 - 1569

Edmund Bonner, Bishop 2
EDMUND BONNER Bishop of London, notable for his harshness to dissenters - he is depicted flogging one of them with his own episcopal hands ! Date: 1500 - 1569

Nicolas Bergasse
NICOLAS BERGASSE French avocat and orator, notable for declaring - The time has come when France needs a revolution ! Unlike many, he survived it. Date: 1750 - 1832

Edward Harold Begbie
EDWARD HAROLD BEGBIE Journalist, notable for writing a book affirming the reality of the Angels of Mons during World War One. Date: 1871 - 1929

Caricature of William Ballantine
WILLIAM BALLANTINE (1812 - 1887) Lawyer, sergeant-at-law, notable for leading the case for the Tichborne Claimant. Date: circa 1850

Athur Herbert Acland
Sir ARTHUR HERBERT DYKE ACLAND, 13th baronet Politician notable for his educational reforms. Date: 1847 - 1926

Ferdinand Di Medici
FERDINAND (or FERRANTE) II di MEDICI, Grand duke of Tuscany, ruler of Florence and Etruria. Notable scientist who invented a thermometer and the condensation hygrometer. Date: 1610 - 1670

Englishman 1530
He wears an embroidered shirt beneath layers of clothing notable for the padded shoulders and puff sleeves contrasting with the simple hose covering his legs Date: circa 1530

LA Chalotais
Louis Rene de Caradeuc de LA CHALOTAIS French magistrate, notable for his antipathy for the Jesuits in 1762 Date: 1701 - 1785

Oliver Hazard Perry
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY U.S. naval, notable for his victory over the British at the battle of Lake Erie Date: 1785 - 1819

Alfred, Viscount Milner
ALFRED, VISCOUNT MILNER British colonial administrator notable for his intransigent attiude towards the Boers Date: 1854-1925

James Holman (Fabroni)
JAMES HOLMAN Naval officer who, though blinded, became a notable traveller Date: 1786 - 1857

Pauline Chase (1885 - 1962), actress, notable for playing the part of Barries Peter Pan

Visit of 1930 Ornithological Congress to Tring
Within the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum at Tring, bequeathed to the Natural History Museum after his death in 1937

Prominent personalities serving in Gallipoli, WW1
Notable members of society serving in the Dardanelles. Top left is the Marquis of Tullibardine, eldest son and heir of the Duke of Atholl (later the 8th Duke of Atholl 1871-1942)

Stereoscopic television pictures by G. H. Davis
Stereoscopic television pictures: a notable British achievement. Three-dimensional pictures across the ether: the latest triumph of the inventor of television. Date: 1942

Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1865)
Portrait of Sir Colin Campbell, pictured in 1855 when he was in command of the Heavy Brigade, 93rd Highlanders notable for their actions during the Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War, 1854-6

The Cemetery on Balaklava Heights, 1856
Engraving of the Cemetery at Balaklava Heights, where a number of notable British officers were buried during the Crimean War

Abbaye De Livry
The abbaye Notre-Dame de Livry was founded in 1197 : among its notable visitors was madame de Sevigne, circa 1667. Date: circa 1800

Simon George (Holbein)
SIMON GEORGE gentleman from Cornwall, notable for having his portrait done by Holbein Date: circa 1536

Frederick Lemaitre
FREDERICK LEMAITRE (Antoine Louis Prosper) French actor, notable performances of Hamlet, Othello and Kean. Date: 1800 - 1876

Luigi Zamboni
LUIGI ZAMBONI Italian operatic singer, notable for his performance of Figaro in Rossinis Barbiere di Seviglia. Date: 1772 - 1795

Johann Wier
JOHANN WIER German physician, notable for his investigation of cases of supposed demonic possession, which he ascribed to sickness rather than the devils work. Date: 1515 - 1588

August Wassermann
AUGUST von WASSERMANN German physician, notable for the diagnostic blood-test for syphilis named after him. Date: 1866 - 1925

Duchesse d Uzes
Marie-Clementine de Rochechouart Mortenart (1847 - 1933), duchesse d Uzes - French aristocrat, into politics, womens rights and hunting, a notable society character

Friedrich Overbeck - 3
FRIEDRICH OVERBECK German artist notable for his religious subjects. Date: 1789 - 1869

Friedrich Overbeck - 1
FRIEDRICH OVERBECK German artist notable for his religious subjects. Date: 1789 - 1869

Friedrich Overbeck - 2
FRIEDRICH OVERBECK German artist notable for his religious subjects. Date: 1789 - 1869

Cia degli Ubaldini - Italian noblewoman, who valiantly defended the lands of her husband Francesco Ordelaffi when attacked by the Papal forces : a notable warrior. circa 1357

Umberto Nobile 1926
UMBERTO NOBILE Italian aviator with many notable feats including Arctic flights. We have several pictures of his activities. Date: 1885 - 1978

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