Serpentine Collection

View of the Great Exhibition from across the Serpentine
The Great Exhibition of All Nations in Hyde Park, London - general view of the Crystal Palace from across the Serpentine

The River Westbourne running through Sloane Square tube stat
A conduit containing the overflow from the Serpentine running above the platforms at Sloane Square underground station. Date: 1909

Peter Pan Statue
The Peter Pan monument was erected on 1 May 1912 in Kensington Gardens and sculpted by George Frampton. Peter Pan entered London along the Serpentine in the story

Yachting at Kensington
Sailing model yachts on the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park

Serpentine / Reznicek
Every illustrator of the day has a go at depicting the Serpentine Dance : Reznicek admirably captures the swirling movement which is the essence of the dance

Peter Pan Statue
The Peter Pan statue was erected on 1 May 1912 in Kensington Gardens and sculpted by George Frampton. Peter Pan entered London along the Serpentine in the story

Loie Fuller / Cheret 1890S
LOIE FULLER (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer doing her Serpentine Dance in Paris during the 1890s

LONDON / HYDE PARK 1892
A nanny watches children play by the Serpentine, Kensington Gardens. Date: 1892

Serpentine Lido, 1938
Bathers and swans enjoying the sunshine at the Serpentine Lido in Londons Hyde Park in 1938. The Lido was set up by George Lansbury, the first Commissioner of Works in 1930. Date: 1938

The Serpentine Lido
Bathers using the diving board and paddling pool at the Serpentine Lido, Hyde Park, central London, England. Date: early 1930s

Christmas morning swim in the Serpentine
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring various sketches of the Christmas morning swimming handicap in the Serpentine in Hyde Park

Family Day Out
A little boy and his sister try to sail a toy boat on the Serpentine. Luckily Dad is there to give them a helping hand with a stick. Date: mid 1960s

Serpentine Scene 1858
The Serpentine is turned into a seaside resort

Loie Fuller (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer doing her Serpentintanz or Serpentine Dance - London, March 8th 1912. 1912

Sailing boats on the Serpentine, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Sailing model boats on the Serpentine, London Date: early 1900s

Skating on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London

London Hyde Park Skating on the Serpentine Victorian period

Harborne Bus Depot, south-west Birmingham
Ironite Flooring laid at the Harborne Bus Depot, Serpentine Road (off High Street), Harborne, south-west Birmingham for the City Corporation - May, 1926. Date: 1926

Skating on the Serpentine, London, Victorian period

Loie Fuller

The Serpentine, London - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Serpentine Walks, Buxton, Derbyshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

La Farandole
This sketch shows a number of young women engaging in a Farandole, a ProvenCal dance in which members will join hands, prancing inwards and outwards, forming a chain, following a serpentine course

Christmas Morning Swimming Handicap in Serpentine 1906
Various scenes of the annual competition at Serpentine lake at Hyde Park, London on Christmas day morning. Date: 1906

The Serpentine
Illustration depicting the outfall of water from the Serpentine at Knightsbridge. 1800. Date: 1875

Serpentine Bridge
View of the Serpentine Bridge in Hyde Park. It was designed by John Rennie the Younger in 1820 as part of newly-built West Carriage Drive bounding Hyde Park against Kensington Gardens

Sahary Djeli, oriental dancer
Sahary Djeli, Oriental dancer, appearing at the London Hippodrome with a dance in which she displayed particularly sinuous arm movements in what was known as the, Les Danse des Bras Date: 1911

Sahary Djeli, dancer
Sahary Djeli, oriental dancer who was performing at the London Hippodrome in 1911. Her act was notable for the sinuous, serpentine movement of her arms. Date: 1911

Serpentine columbine, Aquilegia eximia. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Collecting ice at Serpentine, Hyde Park 1857
Scene in Hyde Park on the lake Serpentine, due to the cold weather labourers collected huge pieces of ice and transported them on small carts drawn by donkeys

Ice skaters in Hyde Park, Serpentine lake, London. Date: 1825

Skates in Hyde Park, drawn by John Leech 1857
Scene in Hyde Park on the lake Serpentine, crowds of people making the most of the wintery snap by having a enjoyable time on the frozen ice. Date: 1857

ANALYSIS OF BEAUTY (1)
Plate 1 from Hogarths Analysis of Beauty illustrates the artists theories of aesthetics in art and nature, particularly his admiration of the serpentine form. Date: 1753

Serpentine - Reznicek
Every illustrator of the day has a go at depicting the Serpentine Dance : Reznicek admirably captures the swirling movement which is the essence of the dance Date: 1908

SERPENTINE DANCE 1894
The serpentine dancer was considered daring - to say the least - scandalous - say others : but it was very popular... Date: 1894

The Serpentine in Hyde Park
The Serpentine. Date: 1911

HYDE PARK / SERPENTINE
Model boats on the Serpentine. Date: 1883

KENSINGTON GARDENS
By the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens Date: 1914

Cartoon, The French Serpentine Dance (Panama Scandal)
Cartoon, The French Serpentine Dance -- a satirical comment on the Panama Scandal, showing the French Republic dancing in a dress labelled with the words bribery, blackmail and anarchy. Date: 1893

View of the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London - Springtime Date: circa 1910s

View across Serpentine past Peter Pan - Kensington Gardens
View across the Long Water (Northern section of the Serpentine) past Sir George Framptons statue of Peter Pan at Kensington Gardens, London. Date: circa 1910s

Minerals and crystals including kyanite, asbestos and andalusite.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich

At the Serpentine
Fairies at the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens

Bolide meteorite with a serpentine shape
Bolide forming a serpentine shape due to the influence of gravitational forces on the fragments forming the tail Date: 1954

Loie Fuller / St Paul 1895
LOIE FULLER (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer who became world-famous for her Serpentine Dance Date: 1862 - 1928

Gold armband with female triton holding a small winged Eros
Greek art. Hellenistic. Gold armband with female triton holding a small winged Eros. (ca. 200 B.C.). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Gold armband with male triton holding a small winged Eros. (
Greek art. Hellenistic. Gold armband with male triton holding a small winged Eros. (ca. 200 B.C.). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

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