Antiquarian Collection

Sir Robert Cotton
Sir ROBERT BRUCE COTTON antiquarian who formed one of the worlds greatest collections of old manuscripts, documents, coins etc - with his autograph

Thomas Hearne / R Grave
THOMAS HEARNE English historian and antiquarian Date: 1678 - 1735

Remains of Winchester Palace in 1800
South remains of Winchester House, Southwark. The Winchester Palace was built in the 12th century and burnt down in 1814. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members

Crypt of the ancient priory of Black-Nuns
Remains of the crypt part of the ancient priory of Black-Nuns, adjoining St. Helens Church, Bishopsgate Street. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of

Monument to John Stowe, Historian and Antiquarian, 1525-1605
John Stowe, Historian and Antiquarian, 1525-1605, from his monument in the Church of St. Andrew Undershaft. Depicted in an Elizabethan ruff holding a quill pen

Albino African man and woman with axe, bow and arrows. White Negroes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth

English tourists see Scots dancing to bagpipe music on the bank of the Caledonian Canal from Fort William to Inverness, Scotland. Doctor Prosody meets a highland wedding on the Calidonian Canal

English tourist in a bird basket in a gannet hunt
English tourist riding in a bird basket in a gannet or guga hunt on the isle of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Doctor Factobends recantation in the bird basket, St. Kildd

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
Horace Walpole (1717-1797), 4th Earl of Orford, English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. circa 1750s

Perspective view of the plan of Athens, Greece 1700 Date: 1700

View of New York City 1849 and Waterways Date: 1849

West Africa 1547 Date: 1547

Terra Java 1547 Date: 1547

North Polar Region 1897 Date: 1897

East Coast Map 1823 Date: 1823

Map of the Americas1633 Date: 1633

Map of Africa 1633 Date: 1633

Map of Asia 1633 Date: 1633

Map of North Africa 1513 Date: 1513

Map of the Indian Ocean 1700 Date: 1700

Map of Africa, 1645 Date: 1645

Map of the Americas 1685 Date: 1685

Ancient Map of Japan 1606 Date: 1606

Early Map of Americas 1570 Date: 1570

Tower of London and surrounding area 1597
From a print published by the Royal Antiquarian Society and engraved from the survey made in 1597. Date: 1597

Book sale at Sothebys auction house, London
A book sale taking place at Sothebys auction house, London. Mr Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), the German-born British bookseller and collector, is seated just in front of the auctioneers desk

John Stows Monument
John Stows monument in St Andrew Undershaft with arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors and Latin inscription: Either act by writing or write by reading

Shakespeare Book Shop, Paris - 02
Proprietor George Whitman in his Shakespeare and Company Book shop, on the Left Bank in Paris. First published in The Sunday Times. George Whitman 1913-2011

Shakespeare Book Shop, Paris - 01
Proprietor George Whitman in his Shakespeare and Company Book shop, on the Left Bank in Paris. First published in The Sunday Times. George Whitman 1913-2011

Mohamed Aboudi of Luxor, Egypt - an author who wrote about the Antiquities of Upper Egypt & Nubia

Antiquarians at Greyabbey, County Down, Ireland
Antiquarians visiting the ruins of the Cistercian Abbey-Monastery at Greyabbey (Grey Abbey), Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was founded in the 12th century. circa 1860

Augustus Le Plongeon (1825-1908). British-American antiquari
Augustus Le Plongeon (1825-1908) British-American photographer and antiquarian who studied the pre-Columbian ruins of America, Maya civilization on the Yucatan Peninsula

John Dowie, Antiquarian
JOHN DOWIE Vintner and antiquary of Edinburgh. (I think this must be the same fellow that Kay drew and Burns praised.) Date: circa 1806

Leopoldo Cicognara
conte LEOPOLDO CICOGNARA Italian antiquarian Date: 1767 - 1834

William Baxter
WILLIAM BAXTER Welsh schoolteacher who went to Harrow speaking only Welsh, became a noted scholar and linguist, also antiquarian : depicted in his 69th year. Date: 1650 - 1723

Venice / Ponte Dadi / Shop
Venice: Ponte dei Dadi and an antiquarian shop Date: 1927

John Alfred Langford, English antiquary and journalist
John Alfred Langford (1823-1903), English antiquary, author and journalist. Date: 1860s

John Charles Brooke, antiquarian and Somerset Herald
John Charles Brooke (1748 - 1794), English antiquarian and Somerset Herald, wearing his heralds costume

Charles Roach Smith (1807-1890) was an antiquarian and amateur archaeologist, whose collection of antiquities found during London excavations or dredging of the Thames formed his Museum of London

Three portraits from Savignano, Romagna, Italy: Girolamo Amati (1768-1834), palaeographer, Bartolomeo Borghesi (1781-1860), archaeologist and antiquarian, and Giulio Pertichari (1779-1822)

Alfred Hutton
Captain Alfred Hutton (1839 1910), Victorian officer of the Kings Dragoon Guards, writer, antiquarian and swordsman. He originated the first English revival of historical fencing. Date: 1903

William Camden - antiquarian, historian, topographer
William Camden (1551-1623) - an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and officer of arms. Date: circa 1600

Antiquary in silhouette
An antique shop owner, admiring a small vase, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

Fulvio Orsino
FULVIO ORSINO Italian churchman, antiquarian, librarian and author. Date: 1529 - 1600

John Nichols - 1
JOHN NICHOLS Printer and antiquarian author Date: 1745 - 1826

John Nichols - 2
JOHN NICHOLS Printer and antiquarian author Date: 1745 - 1826

John Nichols Silhouette
JOHN NICHOLS Printer and antiquarian author Date: 1745 - 1826

Aln. Baron Londesborough
ALBERT DENISON, first baron LONDESBOROUGH antiquarian, collector and archeologist with a special interest in tumuli. Date: 1805 - 1860

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