Apr20 Collection

Mrs (later Lady) Dorothy D Oyly Carte, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cranbrook and wife of Rupert D Oyly Carte, the impresario behind Gilbert and Sullivan and the Savoy Hotel

Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardener s
Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardeners Daughter. Date: c.1920

State regalia kept at the Tower of London including St. Edwards crown, the Imperial State Crown, the Sword of State, orb, sceptre, anointing spoon and mace. Date: 1920

Advertisement for the Burberry Tielocken trench coat, as endorsed and worn by Lord Kitchener during visits to the Front. Date: 1916

Whither away? Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, The Sea Fairies Date: c.1920

Friends of the Yorkshire miner Charles Martin, who worked at Dinnington Colliery, admire an exhibition of his paintings. See picture no. 13127079 for a photograph of Martin. Date: 1912

Viscount Weymouth, the former Daphne Vivian, pictured with her baby son, Alexander George Thynne, the future 7th Marquess of Bath in a photograph taken for his christening which took place at St

A man dressed in authentic English Civil War costume. Date: c. 1910
A man dressed in authentic English Civil War costume. Date: c.1910

A man dressed as Charles II, or at least somebody who looks very like him. Date: c. 1910
A man dressed as Charles II, or at least somebody who looks very like him. Date: c.1910

Ernest Bevin giving speech at East Woolwich
Ernest Bevin giving a speech to socialist workers at his East Woolwich constituency after a period of illness. Continuing as foreign secretary

Ernest Bevin with Ramsay Macdonald at the time he supported the dockers claims for a minimum wage at the transport workers court of inquiry. Date: 1920

Ernest Bevin, at the time Foreign Secretary, pictured with his wife on a visit to New York in 1946 as a representative of the UK at the United Nations. Date: 1946

VE Day - crowds cheer Winston Churchill
VE Day. Aerial view of the huge crowds cheering on VE Day as Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes his progress through London. Date: 1945

VE Day - aerial view of crowds in London - Churchill
VE Day. Incredible aerial view of a multitude of people in London celebrating VE Day with mounted police parting the crowds to make way for Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Date: 1945

VE Day - celebrations in London
VE Day. Jubilant crowds waving from a balcony in London. Date: 1945

VE Day - patriotic baby
VE Day. A baby sits proudly in a pram festooned with a Union Jack flag on VE day. Date: 1945

VE Day. A group of people celebrating VE Day including an excitable terrier and a flag-waving little boy. Date: 1945

VE Day - Crowds on VE night
VE Day. Crowds in London celebrating VE night. Date: 1945

A view of Fettes College in Edinburgh. Date: 1955

Sketch by Bryan de Grineau showing the great dining-hall at Fettes College, Edinburgh. A master and two prefects are dining near the large stone fireplace carved with the Fettes College arms

Sketches by Bryan de Grineau of Fettes College, Edinburgh. The top picture shows the study rooms in Kimmerghame House leading off from a central common room with armchairs, piano and billiard table

A page from The Sketch commenting on how fashions of 1907 echo those of the medieval era. Date: 1907

"The question was, were the mirrors in the corners of the room positively libellous
" The question was, were the mirrors in the corners of the room positively libellous, or did one look every inch the grotesque figure reflected

A Rose in Roses. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, The Gardeners Daughter. Date: c.1920

"A Mere Man, This Dress Question. I should be swathing, draping
" A Mere Man, This Dress Question. I should be swathing, draping and designing in diaphanous chiffons@A flamboyant dress designer admires his work. Date: 1929

A Dream of the Cup Final, after visiting the Futurist exhibition. The FA Cup final between Aston Villa and Huddersfield done in the style of Futurism by cartoonist Rip in The Bystander

The shadow passeth when the tree shall fall. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, Love and Death. Date: c.1920

But am I not the nobler thro thy love. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennyson s
But am I not the nobler thro thy love. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, Love and Duty. Date: c.1920

Alas for her that met me. Illustration by Florence Harrison for Tennysons poem, Lyric from Maud. Date: c.1920

Bearing on my shallop. Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, Recollections of the Arabian Nights. Date: c.1920

At last I heard a voice up on the slope cry to the summit, is there any hope. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, The Vision of Sin. Date: c.1920

Break, Break, Break - illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem. Date: c.1920

Out upon the wharfs they came. Illustration by Florence Harrison from Tennysons poem, The Lady of Shallott. Date: c.1920

Out flew the web and floated wide. Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons The Lady of Shallott. Date: c.1920

Joan of Arc a light of ancient France Illustration by Florence Harrison of Joan of Arc from Tennysons Dream of Fair Women. Date: c.1920

Whereto the other with downward brow... Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennyson s
Whereto the other with downward brow... Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, Dream of Fair Women. Date: c.1920

Well-known members of the D Oyly Carte Company on the stage at Princes Theatre including Lady Dorothy D Oyly Carte with the companys stage manager, Mr. J.M. Gordon (kneeling right). Date: 1922

A bee Date: 1920

Interior view of the Dutch Kitchen Restaurant in Cardiff, with its heavy 17th century style panelling and furniture. Date: 1909

Suggested decor and layout for a high-class luncheon and dining room of the 1900s. With the painted green panelled walls and elegant furniture

Suggestion for decor and layout of a tea room and club room in the 1900s. Date: 1909

A light and airy restaurant dining-room with starched white tablecloths and numerous pot plants dotted around. Date: 1909

Example of an Edwardian restaurant interior notable for some art nouveau style ironwork surrounding a clock and the surfeit of pot plants scattered around. Date: 1909

Photograph of what is described as a high-class restaurant in Britain during the Edwardian era. The room is slightly baronial in style with wood panelling and studded dining chairs

Interior of what is described as a high class confectioners tea room with a counter offer tempting cakes and sweets in the foreground and tables and chair beyond. Date: 1909

Sir Isidore Salmon (1876-1941), co-founder of Salmon and Gluckstein Tobacconists which evolved into the J. Lyons catering empire. Salmon was manager and director of the J

A bakers shop in a country village. Date: 1909

Artists impression of the exterior of a city bakers shop with a smart yet tempting window display. Date: 1909

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