Autobiography Collection

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Spot, An Autobiography. Date: 1895

Robert Graves / Morgan
ROBERT RANKE GRAVES British poet, novelist and critic, with a reference to his autobiography, " Goodbye To All That"

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - two items
Captain John Treasure Jones Archive. Born and raised on a small farm in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, John Treasure Jones (1905-1993) went to sea at the age of 15

Cecil Aldin's studio in Majorca, Spain
The Studio building in Majorca, Spain, of Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator. He retired there for health reasons towards the end of his life. Date: early 1930s

Cecil Aldin's dogs at his home in Majorca, Spain
Cecil Aldin's four dogs at his home in Majorca, Spain. He retired there for health reasons towards the end of his life. Date: early 1930s

Cecil Aldin with his Basset hounds
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator, seen here (centre) with his Basset hounds in Berkshire, which he used for hunting the hare at a rather slow and sedate pace. Date: circa 1920s

Cecil Aldin's all-children's pony event, Le Touquet, France
Cecil Aldin's all-children's pony event held in Le Touquet, France, showing him riding a white horse and taking part in the Drag Hunt along with the children. Date: 1929

Cecil Aldin's all-children's pony show, Dunster Castle
An all-children's pony show organised by Cecil Aldin at Dunster Castle, Dunster, Somerset. Date: circa late 1920s

Sketch by Cecil Aldin, Time I Was Dead
Sketch by Cecil Aldin in his autobiography, Time I Was Dead, showing his daughter Gwen at an early age. Date: circa 1900s

Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (1840-1923), British landowner, racehorse owner and Conservative politician. Seen here sitting in an armchair reading in a portrait sketch by Cecil Aldin

Cecil Aldin riding in his last point-to-point
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator, seen here (left) with others on horseback, riding in his last point-to-point. Date: circa 1920s

Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944) English nobleman and sportsman. Seen here in a portrait sketch by Cecil Aldin, who hunted with him

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Time I Was Dead
Illustration by Cecil Aldin in his autobiography, Time I Was Dead, The South Berks, a black and white reproduction of Aldin's landscape picture of the hunt in progress

Cecil Aldin with his first pack of hounds
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator, seen here with others on horseback with his first pack of hounds, known as the Peppard Farmers Harriers at Wyfold Grange

Sketches by Cecil Aldin, Time I Was Dead
Sketches by Cecil Aldin in his autobiography, Time I Was Dead, showing Lady Sylvia Hesseltine Hunloke and George Belcher ARA (later RA) on horseback. Date: circa early 1930s

Cecil Aldin with four dogs in Bedford Park, West London
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator, seen here as a young man with four dogs in Bedford Park, Chiswick, West London. Date: 1890s

Cecil Aldin with Mrs A J Munnings (Florence Carter Wood)
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator, seen here on horseback with Mrs A J Munnings (Munnings first wife, Florence Carter Wood)

Illustration Cecil Aldin 1934 1930s 30s Thirties
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Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and Scrunch
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot sees Scrunch, the bulldog, in a glass case at the butcher's shop. "Fronting me, in a glass case, stood Scrunch." Date: 1895

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). The Confessions. Colored
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Philosopher, writer, and composer. The Confessions (1782-1789). Autobiographical book. Colored engraving

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot returns home
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot finds his way home to his master. " I knocked over a china jar." Date: 1895

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and a policeman
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot wanders around the streets of London looking lost and is taken in charge by a policeman. " A melancholy troop we must have looked." Date: 1895

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and other dogs in cages
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and other stolen dogs are kept locked up in cages. " Never before, or since, have I found myself in such a strange, mixed, company." Date: 1895

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot fights a bigger dog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot has a fight with a bigger dog. " Pinned him by the foreleg." Date: 1895

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets some sheep
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets a ram and some sheep in a field, and has a theological conversation. " And what may latitudinarian be?" Date: 1895

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets a poodle
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot is stolen, and sold to a man in London, where he meets a poodle. " A curious-looking foreign dog." Date: 1895

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and a bulldog have a chat
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and Scrunch the bulldog have a chat. " I laid the whole matter before Scrunch." Date: 1895

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot runs away from a bulldog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot runs away from Scrunch, the butchers bulldog, though they do make friends later. " I had to run for my life." Date: 1895

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets a cat
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot as a puppy meets a large black cat. " Oh! if you call that barking, I ve no more to say!" Date: 1895

Frontispiece illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot, An Autobiography. Showing Spot sitting on a table, looking up at a man and a woman, who are looking back at him

Vera Brittain by Madame Yevonde
Vera Mary Brittain (1893-1970) by Madame Yevonde. She was a writer, journalist, pacifist, speaker and lecturer, best known for her memories of the First World War, Testament of Youth

Frances Anne Kemble
FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE - actress playwright and poet, daughter of Charles K. married but divorced an American planter, wrote 8 vols of autobiography. with her autograph Date: 1811 - 1893

Book cover design, My Airships: the Story of my Life, by Alberto Santos-Dumont, London: Grant Richards, 1904. 1904

Vladimir Lenin, Russian communist leader
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870-1924), Russian communist leader, and the house in Paris where he lived during his second exile from Russia

Robert Graves, English poet, translator and novelist
Robert (von) Ranke Graves (1895-1985), English poet, translator and novelist. His autobiography covering his experiences of the First World War, Goodbye To All That (published 1929)

Charles B Cochran, Theatrical Manager and Impresario
CHARLES B COCHRAN theatrical manager and impresario, seen here in evening dress towering above some representative figures from his recent productions

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