Bald Collection

Anthony Trollope
ANTHONY TROLLOPE English novelist in old age Date: 1815 - 1882

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian statesman
A photograph of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870 - 1924), Russian statesman and Communist leader, circa 1920

Raphus cucullatus, dodo
Plate 1 from Memoirs on the Dodo by Sir Richard Owen, 1866

Fletts Happy Families - Mr Marmalade - Has A Big Future. circa 1930s

Meat Loaf in concert, Penwith, Cornwall
Meat Loaf in concert at the Penwith Rock Festival, Cornwall. Date: 1983

Churchill / Skipper / 1940
WINSTON CHURCHILL " Our Skipper"

Bald Prima Donna 20C
A prima donna and her two bald-headed admirers

A simple device for removing a wart
Contrary to the title of this picture, a complicated and convoluted machine to help a sufferer remove a wart from his head

Two Cobblers Mend Shoes
Two cobblers, seated on a low bench in their workshop, set about repairing shoes and fitting new soles

James Figg, Boxer
Generally regarded as the earliest of Prize Ring champions, Figg was also a expert in the use of swords, cudgels and quarterstaffs

Raphus solitarius, Reunion white dodo
Plate 25 from Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World (1907) by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild

Boxing / Jack Broughton
English boxer; third heavyweight champion of England (? - 1750); operated a boxing school and arena, London (1742-89); invented boxing rules and gloves

Epicurus / Full Length
Epicurus Greek Philosopher

Mahatma Gandhi sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone on 12 September 1931

Briand & Stresemann
ARISTIDE BRIAND French statesman with his German counterpart, Gustav Stresemann

Richard Cadbury of Cadburys chocolate company
Richard Barrow Cadbury (1835-1899), second son of John Cadbury, founder of Cadburys chocolate company. circa 1890s

Tragopan melanocephala, western tragopan
Plate 23 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Phasianus colchicus decollatus, common (Chinese ringless) ph
Plate 57 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Ceratagymna elata, yellow-casqued hornbill
Watercolour and gouache John Gerrard Keulemans

Old Maid card - Butler. circa 1940s

WW2 poster, Back him up to the hilt. Your united efforts will put the Win in Winston. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military Commander
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - 18th president of the United States (18691877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Date: circa 1920s

Booby
A pencil sketch from the Drawings Collection of Thomas Malie (1726-42)

Origin Species, CH Bennett, banker - vulture
Vulturine. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a vulture to a banker. Known for his beak and bald head the vulture has exchanged his feathers for a broadcloth

Sir James Dewar / Cig Card
SIR JAMES DEWAR Scottish chemist and physicist

Democritus / Blake / Rubens
DEMOCRITUS Greek philosopher

Bathing / Rowlandson 1803
Glowcocks Bagnio

Democritus / Day / Rome
DEMOCRITUS Greek philosopher

Mr Tape the Tailor, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, adult with rabbit prey. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of

Semioptera wallacei, standardwing
Plate 52, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Supplementary volume, (1840-1848)

Arthur Rackham / St Ives
ARTHUR RACKHAM English illustrator: self-portrait in his own illustration to As I was going to St Ives Date: 1867 - 1939

Claretie / Sem / Celebrites
JULES CLARETIE French writer and Director of the Comedie Francaise Date: 1840 - 1913

Haliaetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
Plate 31 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Sea Wall at Bald Head Cliff, York, Maine. Date c1901

US War effort postcard - 1941 - Keep em Flying
Keep em Flying Propaganda postcard from 1941 (after the USA had entered the War following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour), encouraging productivity to aid the War effort

Pablo Casals / Postcard
PABLO CASALS Spanish cellist, conductor and composer

Hippocrates / Chapman / Col
HIPPOCRATES Greek medical

Bald cypress or swamp cypress tree, Taxodium distichum, Cypres chauve. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Bishop Maximianus - Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna
Detail - The face of Bishop Maximianus (Maximian) of Ravenna (499556) from the impressive Byzantine mosaic of Emperor Justinian I and his suite, at the Basilica San Vitale, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna

Postcard - Benefit of Le Paquet de L'Orphelin - WW1
Postcard sold for the benefit of Le Paquet de L'Orphelin ('The Orphan's Package') - charitable Christmas gifts/presents for the war orphans of France. Date: circa 1918

In Honour Bound - Patriotic postcard - WW1
In Honour Bound - Patriotic postcard depicting the flags of the Victorious Allies of WW1. Date: circa 1918

Walter Boodle, landscape painter and etcher
Caricature of Walter Boodle, landscape painter and etcher, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Harold Redpath
Caricature of Harold Redpath by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

George Drysdale FRIBA, architect
Caricature of George Drysdale FRIBA (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects), architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

George Dawber FRIBA, architect
Caricature of George Dawber FRIBA (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects), architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Political cartoon, What will the wigs do next?

Pierre Jules Baroche, French politician
Pierre Jules Baroche (1802-1870), French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice. Date: circa 1850s

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