Prizes Collection

Hazel Lavery in a Lucile gown for Petticoat Lane Tombola WWI
Hazel, Lady Lavery, wife of painter Sir John Lavery pictured as the artist in a tableau staged for a charity event during the First World War called Petticoat Lane

The Pot-Hunter by George Studdy
Bonzo here shows what might have been, had his pedigree been equal to his popularity. A cute and contented looking Bonzo the dog sucks on a dummy as he sits among the numerous trophies

Advertisement for various types of steam engine
Advertisement for Robey & Co of Lincoln (Globe Works), London, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Paris, manufacturers of various types of steam engine. circa 1883

Advert, Guthrie & Wells, Stained Glass Windows, Glasgow
Advert for J & W Guthrie & Andrew Wells, Stained Glass Windows and Mosaics, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Loco Old Coppernob
The Furness Railways locomotive no 3, known as Old Coppernob - no prizes for guessing why, though the prominent boiler must have impeded the drivers vision. Date: 1846

Cover design, International Exhibition, Brussels
Cover design, Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles (Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels), with international airship competitions

Display of cattle at annual County Show, Devon
Display of cattle, led by handlers, at the annual County Show, Devon. Date: 1960s

Advert, L & H Nathan, Fancy Dress Costume
Advert for L & H Nathan, Coventry Street, Piccadilly Circus, London -- Fancy Dress Costume for balls and theatricals. 1885

Linus Pauling, American chemist, peace activist and writer
Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), American chemist, peace activist, author and educator, winner of two Nobel Prizes, one for Chemistry in 1954 and one for Peace in 1962

Page from the Illustrated London News, 14th June 1845, featuring Ascot prizes the Royal Hunt Cup, the Emperors Cup, and the Queens Vase

Ascot prize - The Emperors Cup
Amongst the Ascot prizes for 1845 is the Emperors Cup, a gift of the Emperor of Russia on his 1844 visit to Queen Victoria

Lord Palmerston delivering the prizes at the South London Industrial Exhibition, at the Lambeth Baths in Westminster Road, London, 1865. Date: 1865

Standard poodle, Ch Leighbridge Catmint, with trophies and rosettes. Date: 1978

Promotional voucher, Daz Washing Powder, 5d off a large or giant packet, July 1963. 1963

Waterloo Railway Station, London 1883
Metropolitan Prize Puzzles, no.4, Waterloo Railway Station, London. Date: 1883

Advert, Dollond Opticians, Ludgate Hill, London -- binoculars, opera and field glasses, etc. 1880

Edward Pink & Sons, Wholesalers and Manufacturers
Edward Pink & Sons, London, Wholesalers and Manufacturers, Staple Street, Long Lane and Borough, London. 1888

Gentleman and nurses outdoors (one with brassard), two with Sam Browne-type belts around a table with possible prizes.. Cut-down postcard Date: 1920-30

Nurses outdoors (one with brassard), two with Sam Browne-type belts, around a table with possible prizes, .. Date: 1920-30

Prize Giving at the General Hospital, Hereford
Formal group of nurses standing and sitting on raised platform with various dignitaries sitting in central row. Two matrons at far left hold bouquets of flowers

Baby Show at the Surrey Zoological Gardens 1855
The great Baby Show at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, London. The whole neighbourhood of Kennington seemed to come with their babies for two days in October

ARTISTS REWARDED FRANCE
Artists are rewarded with prizes at the Paris Salon Date: 1857

Tucks Great Postcard Competitions - Sandwich Man and Vendor
London Life - Raphael Tuck and Sons " Great" Postcard Prize Competitions - Sandwich Man and News Vendor. Prize pot of 6

Man outside the judges tent during a Highland Games event
A man wearing a trilby hat and a sports jacket stands outside the judges tent during a Highland Games event on South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland

W. M. Turners Ladies Choir - Winners of 46 prizes
W. M. Turners Ladies Choir, Nottingham - Winners of 46 prizes Date: 1926

Crufts Dog Show - dogs and owners
Crufts Dog Show -- sketches of winning dogs and their owners. circa 1899

Royal Navy, China fleet regatta results, Wei-Hai-Wei. With a photo of the Yokohama Bowl, won by HMS Cumberland. HMS Berwick came 2nd and HMS Suffolk 3rd. Date: 1931

Cover design, Ladys Companion -- free frock pattern, 200 in prizes, Joseph Hockings finest serial, October 1927. 1927

Daily Chronicle newspaper activity for children
Daily Chronicle national newspaper, activity for children, a puzzle game involving colouring in large letters. Probably at a seaside venue during summer holidays. Date: circa 1920

Advertisement in Princess Ida programme
Advertisement for Liberty Art Fabrics in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London, with three men in armour. circa 1880s

British Mediterranean Fleet Sports Day - Prizes, including the Aggregate Cup (centre) at the Ben-Marl Stadium, rigged up by the crews of the HMS Benbow

British Mediterranean Fleet Sports Day - Prize Giving at the Ben-Marl Stadium, rigged up by the crews of the HMS Benbow and the HMS Marlborough of the 4th Battle Squadron

Greek Art. Panathenaic amphore. Wessel painting. Wrestlers. The large container was once filled with olive oil and given as a prize at the Panathenian Games in Athens to the winner of the depicted

Drawing the State Lottery for the last time, 18 October 1826. 1826

War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough
Folio of 12 drawings showing War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough, incorporating Perkins Engineers Limited and Joseph Baker and Sons Limited. Rudolph Ihlee, Neac, (1883-1968), Exhib. 1910-1955

Magazine page, fire brigade sports news
A magazine page reporting fire brigade sports news from Birmingham, Manchester and London. Prizes shown in the photographs are for swimming (London)

Film dog Rin Tin Tin with trophies, prizes and awards
Rin Tin Tin (1918-1932) (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s) - a dog adopted from a WWI battlefield that went on to star in 23 Hollywood films, gaining worldwide fame. Date: circa 1930

Womens Royal Air Force -- Savoy Hotel
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women at the Savoy Hotel on 7 April 1919, when Queen Mary presented prizes to the winners in the Womens War Service Competitions

Guariento Padovano
GUARIENTO PADOVANO Italian artist from - no prizes for guessing - Padova. Date: 16TH CENTURY

Attention boys and girls - $250. 00 in prizes - miniature hom
Attention boys and girls - $250.00 in prizes - miniature home building contest... Poster is text only. Date between 1936 and 1940

Distribution of the American Art Union prizes, ... Date c1848 June 19

RSPCA prize-giving by Princess Louise
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, (4th daughter of Queen Victoria) giving the prizes of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at the annual meeting of the society in St Jamess

Schoolboy with Prizes
A schoolboy is delighted to have won two school prizes: a cup and a book. Date: circa 1900

Lady Cheylesmore presenting prizes
Lady Cheylesmore (Elizabeth Richardson French, d.1945) presenting the prizes at the Annual London Fire Brigade Display at Battersea Park, south west London

Lady Harriet Lindsay presenting prizes
Lady Harriet Lindsay (nee Gordon) presenting the prizes at the London Scottish Sports at Stamford Bridge, Fulham, south west London

Automobilia Ephemera Collection
A splendid collection of Automobilia Ephemera, including goggles, a rigid ash tray, a map and a long curved car horn!

Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar on board H. M. S. Vic
In commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, the current Lord Nelson distributes prizes to the scholars of the Portsmouth Church High Schools, on 21 October 1886

Waldeck-Rousseau Cartoon
P M H E WALDECK-ROUSSEAU French statesman depicted with prizes he has just won at the fair

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