Bailey Collection

Chelsea Arts Ball - Noel Coward and Ivor Novello
A group at the Annual Chelsea Arts Club Ball, held at the Royal Albert Hall every New Years Eve. Back row from left, Mr Frank Verner Leveson, Mrs Calthrop, Ivor Novello, Miss Gladys Cooper

Court room scene, Mr M Naughten trial
A sketch taken of the courtroom at Old Bailey where the trial of Mr M Naughten took place, for the assassination Mr Edward Drummond, secretary to Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel

Old Bailey / London
The Central Criminal Court, London (The Old Bailey)

Another Derby Derby?
Caricatures of well known personalities of the turf caricatured by Mel before the Epsom Derby of 1928. Clockwise from top left - Sir Abe Bailey, owner of Advocate, Lord Dewar, owner of Sunny Trace

Barnum & Bailey Poster
Poster for Barnum and Baileys Circus

Dunster Castle, Dunster, Somerset. A former motte and bailey castle, it is now a country house. Date: 20th century

The Old Court / Old Bailey
The Old Bailey: The Old Court. Date: circa 1900

Page from The Bystander, 18th April 1928, featuring an article called Flying for Women by Lady (Abe) Bailey, who is pictured top left as the champion woman aviator who flies a D.H. Moth

Caricatures at Royal Ascot, 1927
Weighing out for the cartoon stakes at Ascot - and some of the " the heads" whose colours have established a reputation for " showing up" at the Royal meeting

Bailey Bridge and Rhine victory by G. H. Davis
The Bailey Bridge: the British weapon which hurdled Allied armies across the Rhine barrier during the Second World War. Some constructional details of a great engineering invention

Lillian Leitzel - German Circus acrobat and strongwoman
Lillian (" Lilli" ) Leitzel (1892-1931) - an acrobat and strongwoman for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Date: circa 1910s

Government supplied NFS pump escape and trailer pump
A grey pump escape and trailer pump prior to having its NFS station identification number painted on the side. Seen here at the London Fire Brigade headquarters in Lambeth

Old Bailey (Interior)
The Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey

Trial of the Detectives at the Old Bailey
Trial of the Scotland Yard Detectives at the Old Bailey - examination of the convict Kurr. Date: 1877

Dwarf violet iris or vernal American flower de luce, Iris verna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A. Bailey after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley

New Sessions House, London
New Sessions House, Central Criminal Court, London c. 1910

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth, the worlds largest, grandest, best amusement institution. Date c1899. The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth, the worlds largest, grandest

Old Bailey Dome
The dome of the Old Bailey, topped by the magnificent gold statue of Justice, holding a sword in one hand and weighing scales in the other. Date: early 1930s

The Barnum and Bailey Show Programme, 1897
Front cover of the Barnum and Bailey Show programme for the 1897 performances at Olympia, London

Prisoners / Old Bailey
Prisoners await their turn at the passage and stairs leading to the dock in the Old Bailey

Freiheit Trial / 1881
The Freiheit prosecution - trial of Herr Johann Most at the Cebtral Criminal Court (Old Bailey). Mr A M Sullivan (Counsel for the Defence) is speaking

Oxford Castel C16th ?
Plan of the motte and bailey castle of William the Conqueror showing the ditch, surrounding houses & their gardens, the Session House & St Georges Tower & the keep

Client: Vanity Fair - location: Teddington - Striped white jersey and navy trousers - April 24, 1958 Date: 1958

Stephan Bibrowski (1890 - 1932), know as Lionel the Lion-faced Man. Lionel traveled to the United States and started appearing with the Barnum and Bailey Circus

c. 1920s - Tom and Alice obese sideshow performers
Early 20th century vintage press photograph - Tom and Alice obese sideshow performers arriving in Los Angeles. Probably Alice Dunbar

c. 1920s - Madame Alice fat lady performer
Picture captioned Madame Alice - possibly Alice Dunbar, nicknamed Alice from Dallas who worked for Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey for nearly 20 years

Poster, Barnum and Bailey, Greatest Show on Earth

Surgeons Hall
The Company of Surgeons moved from Surgeons Hall in Old Bailey to a site at 41 Lincolns Inn Fields in 1797. Construction of the first College building, to a design by George Dance the Younger

Pratt's High Test Fuel - Advertisement for Pratt's High Test petrol depicts a woman at the steering wheel, goggles at the ready. Artist: Albert Bailey. Date: 1926

Bailey Gate, Pontefract early 1900's

Pontefract Bailey Gate early 1900s

WW2 - The Iris Sets Out For Dunkirk
An illustration for a WW2 children's short story, We Will Return, written by R. Ernest Bailey. The image shows some British wartime crewmembers of a vessel named Iris

Baillie Scott, Findon Dining Hall
A photograph which shows a high ceiling dining hall to Findon, a commissioned house designed by Mackay Hugh Bailey Scott, the central circular gate table is placed by the fireplace. Date: circa 1906

The Thames From The Tate Gallery
A watercolour painting of the river Thames in London, painted from the Tate Gallery, figures can be seen looking over the low wall towards the city view with boats travelling along the water

Abor exploratory expeditions
Photographs from the Abor Expedition. In 1911??12 as part of the Abor Expedition, the Survey of India conducted widespread surveying of the tributaries of the Brahmaputra. Morshead was in a team

Hole batting to Truman in final test
Australian cricketer Hole batting to Fred Truman in the Final Test. England field L-R Hutton, Laker, Lock, Bailey, Bedser, Edrich and Evans Date: 1953

On The Thames
Watercolour painting showing the River Thames in London, with a large number of boats on the surface. Date: circa 1931

The Red Sail, Venice
Watercolour painting of a boat close by in Venice, Italy. In the background, there floats many other sailing vessels. Date: circa 1930

Costumes designed by James Bailey for an Old Vic production of "Twelfth Night". Olivia's dress is painted nylon gauze. Date: 1954

Advert, Bailey Whalebone Pneumatic Road Wagon
Advert for the Bailey Whalebone Pneumatic Road Wagon Date: 1901

Illustration of an elegant woman getting into her car at a motor show, clutching a brace of car brochures and magazines. As she enters the car, a garter can just be glimpsed peeping from her skirt

Inner Bailey of the Castle, Old Sarum, Wiltshire. Date: circa 1920s

Sketch of Magpie & Stump PH, Old Bailey, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Magpie & Stump PH, Old Bailey, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Powderham Castle, seat of Lord Viscount William Courtenay
Powderham Castle, Devon, seat of Lord Viscount William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon, gay lover of slave owner William Beckford

1930s woman in black with yellow background, Albert Bailey
Glamorous woman dress in black against a yellow background. Illustration by Albert Bailey. Date: c.1935

Proposed central railway terminus, London 1846
Overview of the proposed Central Railway terminus for the city of London, including the market on Old Bailey, Ludgate Hill and the new viaduct (Holburn). Date: 1846

Miss Emmie Fossett, circus performer, with horse
Miss Emmie Fossett, circus performer with the Fossett Family Circus, with horse. Date: circa 1910s

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