Bradshaw Collection

Stockport Viaduct circa 1850. Coloured lithograph issued by Bradshaw and Blacklock, the original publishers of Bradshaws railway guides Date: circa 1850

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef
Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)

Drunken man staggering home - about to hit lampost
Racing Illustrated - " Some delay at the post!" - a gentleman who has had a serious session at the Old Blue Bell (see 10909661) endeavours to make his way home

Cartoon, Signor Foli, Irish bass opera singer
Cartoon, Signor Foli (Allan James Foley, 1837-1899), Irish bass opera singer -- He has studied Bradshaw (probably a reference to his travels and tours). 1884

The Village, Hawkshaw, Lancashire
The Village, Hawkshaw, Bury, near Bradshaw, Lancashire, England. Date: 1920s

Market Reports Series - Country Ducks arriving
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Country Ducks arrived in excellent condition. Date: 1903

Strong Cheese repels diner and waiter
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Cheese: " Supply much stronger, but very little demand." This commodities phrasiology is illustrated by a waiter struggling to cope

Bradshaw / Bury Football
Tom Bradshaw of Bury and Scotland

Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply cleared
Market Reports Illustrated - Fruit, an unexpected supply was rapidly cleared! A fallen basket of apples is swiftly cleared up by lucky pedestrians! Date: circa 1905

Musical Terms Up To Date - Running Down the Scales An altercation between a market barrow boy and a irate smart lady shopper regarding the setting (and accuracy)

Market Reports - Commodity Market
Market Reports - A Fall in Copper created some excitement! 1903

Percy Venner Bradshaw, artist and owner of Art School
Percy Venner Bradshaw, artist and owner of the Press Art School, a correspondence course for drawing. Date: 1904

Comic postcard, Waitress answering mans question Date: 20th century

Weather Report - Illustrated - Breezy, A green-faced sickly-looking Gent seated by a ships rail is less than happy at the attentions of a rosy-cheeked rotund fellow passenger whos breezy countenance

Music cover, Flotows Martha, Cassells Operatic Selections No.10, comprising the Overture, a Fantasia by F W Bradshaw, and some vocal numbers, including The Last Rose of Summer. Date: circa 1900s

A Westland Wapiti, by Stanley Orton Bradshaw
A Westland Wapiti of No. 601 Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, painting by Stanley Orton Bradshaw. 1931

Cheshire Rugby Team: Harvey, Fletcher, Bradshaw, Jones, Ingham, Fenton, Atkinson, Baxter, Cannell, Parratt, Jones, Houghton, Hughes, Chadwick, Hanson, Clauss. 1890s

Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Dog Watch
circa 1906

Musical terms up to date - Fortissimo - very loud
1903

The General Election - Intelligent Voters
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Intelligent Voters. A mild satire as a bunch of working class rural yokels of Mudford take great interest in the finest small print of a prospective

The General Election - The Candidates Vision
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - The Candidates Vision. The glorious reception given to Josh Binks M.P. 1908

The General Election - Village Politicians
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Village Politicians. A local candidate giving a speech to the assembled clientelle at the local rural boozer... 1908

The General Election - True Blue
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - True Blue. A Candidate takes a few local yokels out for a ride in his carriage to show solidarity with the common man voter... 1908

The General Election - Free Fooders
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Free Fooders. Candidates at a hustings face the warth of the electorate and also face a barrage of eggs and vegeatbles

The General Election - An Enthusiastic Supporter
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - An Enthusiastic Supporter rolling-in after a hearty session of seemingly liquid-based campaigning!! 1908

Silhouette portrait of Percy V. Bradshaw, artist
Silhouette portrait of Percy V. Bradshaw (1877-1965), artist and illustrator. Date: circa 1920s

The Guards Memorial - Horse Guards Parade, London - unveiled on 16th October 1926 - Architect - H. Chalton Bradshaw. Date: circa 1928

Popular Fiction Illustrated - The Eternal City by Hall Caine. Businessmen head on their regular train commute from the suburbs (or beyond) into London eyes-front, expressions-fixed

Market Reports Illustrated - Tobacco"
Market Reports Illustrated - " Tobacco - There was a sudden downward tendency!" A school Master spies three naughty boys grabbing a crafty smoke outside the school wall

Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Spanker!"
Yachting Terms Illustrated - " A Spanker!" A housewife reacts with furious anger to the indiscretions of her younger son, who has spilt black ink all over her pressed white tablecloth

Arsenal FC football team c 1922-1923. Back row: Voysey, Rutherford, Dunn, Boreham, Graham. Front row: Baker, White, Young, Bradshaw, Turnbull, Patterson. Date: circa 1922-1923

Sketch cover, Lady Michelham as a nurse, WW1
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring Lady Michelham, formerly Miss Aimee Geraldine Bradshaw, at the time she was working on an ambulance train given by her husband

Politics. The candidates vision
Candidate dreams about becoming a successful Member of Parliament. Date: circa 1915

John Bradshaw (1602-1659). Colord engraving
John Bradshaw (1602-1659). English judge. Copy of an engraving by S. Freeman, according to original drawing. Colored

Dr Watson Bradshaw, Naval Officer. mid-19th century

An older gentleman professing his love to a young ladyfriend
Tennis Illustrated - 40- Love. An older gentleman down on his knees, professing his undying love to a young lady companion; she is yet to cast judgement on his proposal. Date: circa 1904

Two nervous Edwardian Gentlemen - possibly twins
Tennis Illustrated - Doubles ! Two slightly nervous Edwardian Twins fidget and fluster as they await their female companions for a night on the town... Date: circa 1904

Beard / Bradshaw Photo
A late Victorian gentleman with a phenomenal beard. Date: circa 1900

Advertisement for the Press Art School. run by art critic and writer, Percy Bradshaw. The correspondence course was recommended as a way to gain new skills for employment

Bradshaw Mills, Bradshaw Valley, Lancashire
Bradshaw Mills, Bradshaw Valley, Bolton, near Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England. Date: 1900s

Football Terms Illustrated - Two good full backs! A contented broad rural countryfolk couple take a constitutional stroll through the village. Date: circa 1920s

Football Terms Illustrated - Well Collared!. Two smart Gents (Dedicated Followers of Fashion!) in really rather ridiculous starched collars, stroll arm in arm down Park Lane past Marble Arch

Market Reports illustrated - Game - Supply Strong. A Fair clearance was effected! A Butcher scares away his customers (a rather well-heeled family)

Football Terms Illustrated - A Plucky Try - Running for bus
(Rugby) Football Terms. Illustrated. A Plucky Try. A rather portly and ruddy-cheeked Mother and her sailor suit-clad son make a futile attempt to catch their bus after a busy morning at the shops

Young gent - bored at Newlyn, Cornwall
A lugubrious young gent with hangdog eyes, bemoaning the lack of fun at Newlyn, Cornwall. Quite what the local tourist board felt about this card is anyones guess!! Date: circa 1905

Billiards Illustrated - Tucked Up - a handsome male patient is grateful for the care and attention provided by a pretty young nurse, tending to his needs. Date: circa 1903

Billiards Illustrated - Trying for the pocket - A youthful pickpocket has a rummage through an elderly gentlemans trouser pocket whist he browses some titles on a bookstall. Date: circa 1903

Billiards Illustrated - A Little Too Fine
A fisherman fly fishing in a Scottish Loch is thwarted in his attempts to land a sprightly salmon by his choice of fishing line, which appears to be far too thin

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