Adventure Collection (page 6)

The Green Lamp by R Raleigh Kiny
Promotional postcard of The Green Lamp by R. Raleigh Kiny. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, 27th June and the Artillery Theatre, Woolwich, on 8th August 1927

The Great Adventure by Arnold Bennett
Promotional postcard from The Great Adventure by Arnold Bennett, adapted from his 1908 novel Buried Alive. First produced Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, 15th July 1912 and Kingsway Theatre

Two boys boating by moonlight on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, Field Babies, showing Pippin the puppy and some of the baby animals he meets on his adventure: a squirrel, a magpie, a hedgehog, an owl, a lamb, rabbits and foxes

Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure, showing a street in Bunnyborough, with the pompous beadle Mr Swizzle, his shopkeeper wife Mrs Swizzle, and various rabbits. Date: 1921

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure. Pat follows her pet terrier Tatters through a hole in the roots of an old oak tree. Date: 1921

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure, with an orange tree at the centre. Date: 1921

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure, showing a rabbit eating an orange. Date: 1921

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and a large puppy
Alice in Wonderland, Alice hides from a large puppy. Date: early 20th century

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the White Rabbit
Alice in Wonderland, Alice sticks her arm out of the window and the White Rabbit falls into a glass frame. Date: early 20th century

Title image, Alice in Wonderland -- Alice watches the White Rabbit entering the rabbit hole. Date: early 20th century

Raymond Cusick stage set for Ambrose Applejohns Adventure
Stage set designed by Raymond Cusick (designer of the Daleks for Dr Who). The Tower Theatres production of Ambrose Applejohns Adventure by Walter Hackett Date: 1961

Torpedo boat, torpedo, and crew of HMS Adventure, WW1
A torpedo boat, a torpedo being fired and disappearing into the water, and the crew of HMS Adventure with a torpedo on deck, at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Picture No. 10642800
The role of Lieutenant Daring, RN - played (mostly) by Percy Moran, and Harry Lorraine - an action-adventure series produced by British & Colonial featuring a dashing naval hero (1912-1914)

Baby Scouts -- warning notice
Baby Scouts -- A scout once crossed the world right to the edge, and lay down carefully upon the ledge. The notice reads: Danger -- this is the end of the world. Date: 1900

Ulrich Falls
ULRICH von LICHTENSTEIN The German minnesinger has a romantic, but probably painful adventure... Date: 1200 - 1276

Edward John Trelawny
EDWARD JOHN TRELAWNY companion of Byron during his Greek adventure, friend of Shelley at whose funeral he assisted. Date: 1792 - 1881

John Baker Hopkins
JOHN BAKER HOPKINS Writer - perhaps of adventure stories - who seems to have sunk without a trace... Date: CIRCA 1873

George Alfred Henty - 2
GEORGE ALFRED HENTY Prolific and immensely popular author of adventure stories for boys and girls - With Clive in India, With Wolfe in Canada and so on. Date: 1832 - 1902

King Arthur class Locomotive
King Arthur class 4-6-0. no E771. c.1927 (Locomotive adventure vol II. H Holcroft. pub. 1965. p.113) Date: 1965

Plate 103 by William Ellis
Plate 103 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 105 by William Ellis
Plate 105 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 102 by William Ellis
Plate 102 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 108 by William Ellis
Plate 108 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 107 by William Ellis

Plate 106 by William Ellis
Plate 106 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 109 by William Ellis
Plate 109 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Pagodroma nivea, snow petrel
Ff. 90. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Procellaria nivea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Plate 104 by William Ellis
Plate 104 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 100 by William Ellis
Plate 100 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Macronectes giganteus, southern giant petrel
Ff. 93a. Pencil drawing by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Prof. Charles Wyville Thomson (right) and Dr. Rudolf von Wil
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Parika scaber, leatherjacket
Ff. 247. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Hemignathus virens, Hawaii amakihi
Ff. 31, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Epinephelus fasciatus, black-tipped rockcod
Ff. 561 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Petroica macrocephala, New Zealand tit
Ff. 149. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Physalia physalis, Portuguese man-of-war
Ff. 38 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Hemignathus obscurus, lesser akialoa

Mobula mobular, devilfish
Ff. 250. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Chromis chromis, damselfish
Ff. 29b Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Parapercis colias, blue cod
Ff. 181. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Hyas araneus, great spider crab
Plate 112 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 99 by William Ellis
Plate 99 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (1756-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Ardea sp. Heron
Ff. 112. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Hemerocoetes monopterygius, opalfish
Ff. 175. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Polyprion oxygenios, hapuku
Ff. 74 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

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