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Burdett Collection

Background imageBurdett Collection: LCC-LFB Burdett Road fire station, East London

LCC-LFB Burdett Road fire station, East London
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1904, Burdett Road fire station was located at 141 Burdett Road. It closed in 1972 with the opening of the new Poplar fire station

Background imageBurdett Collection: Columbia Market, London 1869

Columbia Market, London 1869
Columbia Market, Bethnal Green, east London, built by Angela Burdett-Coutts as a covered food market. It opened in 1869, and adjoined a set of model dwellings for working class families also built by

Background imageBurdett Collection: Marriage of Baroness Burdett-Coutts to William Ashmead-Bartl

Marriage of Baroness Burdett-Coutts to William Ashmead-Bartl
Engraving showing the marriage of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) to William Ashmead-Bartlett (1851-1921) in Christ Church, Piccadilly, London, 1881

Background imageBurdett Collection: A Fish Auction in Columbia Market

A Fish Auction in Columbia Market
In 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens

Background imageBurdett Collection: Meeting at the Guildhall on Behalf of the Jews in Russia, 18

Meeting at the Guildhall on Behalf of the Jews in Russia, 18
Engraving showing a meeting held at the Guidhall, London, in 1890 to raise funds on behalf of Russian Jews. The prominent figures shown are (from left to right)

Background imageBurdett Collection: Richard Dunn and Angela Burdett-Coutts, caricatures

Richard Dunn and Angela Burdett-Coutts, caricatures
Mr Dunns portrait as imagined by Miss Coutts; Miss Burdett Coutts portrait as imagined by Mr Dunn. Richard Dunn, an Irish barrister

Background imageBurdett Collection: Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Victorian period

Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Victorian period

Background imageBurdett Collection: GREYFRIARS BOBBY

GREYFRIARS BOBBY
A memorial fountain and statue of this famously faithful dog was erected in the Edinburgh graveyard by Baroness Burdett- Coutts, noted philanthropist, shortly after his death. Date: Bobby died 1872

Background imageBurdett Collection: Victoria Park, Water Fountain

Victoria Park, Water Fountain
The extremely ornate Victoria drinking fountain in Victoria Park, gifted by Angela Burdett Coutts and opened in the summer of 1862. Date: 1862

Background imageBurdett Collection: Sir Francis Burdett

Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, was an English reformist politician, the son of Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire

Background imageBurdett Collection: Bethnal-Green Employment Relief Association 1868 Bethnal-Green Employment

Bethnal-Green Employment Relief Association 1868 Bethnal-Green Employment
Labour-yard of the Bethnal-Green Employment and Relief Association, in East London. The stagnation of trade which followed on the commercial crisis of 1866

Background imageBurdett Collection: Peter Perez Burdett and his first wife Hannah, 1765, by Jose

Peter Perez Burdett and his first wife Hannah, 1765, by Jose
Peter Perez Burdett (c.1734-1793). English cartographer and artist. Peter Perez Burdett and his first wife Hannah, 1765, portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1794)

Background imageBurdett Collection: Baroness Burdett-Coutts and William Ashmead Burdett-Coutts B

Baroness Burdett-Coutts and William Ashmead Burdett-Coutts B
Engraving showing Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) and William Ashmead Burdett-Coutts Bartlett (1851-1921) who were married in Christ Church, Piccadilly, London, 1881

Background imageBurdett Collection: A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform

A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform
Reform Bill - A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform - showing King William IV, the Duke of Sussex, Lord John Russell, Lord Grey (Prime Minister), Lord Althorpe, Lord Brougham

Background imageBurdett Collection: Tour of the Colonies - Baroness Burdett Coutts

Tour of the Colonies - Baroness Burdett Coutts - View of large building draped with banners. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Background imageBurdett Collection: Baroness Burdett Coutts

Baroness Burdett Coutts. Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (21 April 1814 30 December 1906), born Angela Georgina Burdett, was a nineteenth-century philanthropist

Background imageBurdett Collection: Caricature of William Burdett-Coutts, politician

Caricature of William Burdett-Coutts, politician
Caricature of William Lehman Ashmead Bartlett Burdett-Coutts (1851-1921) -- The Money-Spinner. He was an American-born British Conservative politician

Background imageBurdett Collection: Sir Francis Burdett

Sir Francis Burdett
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT controversial statesman Date: 1770 - 1844

Background imageBurdett Collection: Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament

Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament, ie Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett at the centre

Background imageBurdett Collection: Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention

Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention, by James Gillray. Four scenes: The Cockney Petition, The Westminster Petition, The Chelmsford Petition, and The Middlesex Petition

Background imageBurdett Collection: Cartoon, Political Mathematicians

Cartoon, Political Mathematicians, Shaking the Broad bottomd Hemispheres, by James Gillray. To that last Hope of the Country, the New Opposition

Background imageBurdett Collection: Cartoon, Middlesex Election, 1804

Cartoon, Middlesex Election, 1804, a Long Pull, a Strong Pull, and a Pull All together, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett in a carriage labelled Peace & Plenty

Background imageBurdett Collection: Cartoon, Integrity retiring from Office

Cartoon, Integrity retiring from Office! by James Gillray. The outgoing Tory government ministers, led by William Pitt, leave through the Treasury arch

Background imageBurdett Collection: Jeakes Drying Closet

Jeakes Drying Closet
A portable clothes drying closet which was to be sent to the Crimea, for use in the hospital in Scutari. The manufacture of the closet by William Jeakes, of Bloomsbury

Background imageBurdett Collection: William L. A. B. Burdett-Coutts, Vanity Fair, Spy

William L. A. B. Burdett-Coutts, Vanity Fair, Spy
WILLIAM LEHMAN ASHMEAD BARTLETT BURDETT-COUTTS (1851-1921) American-born British Conservative politician. Husband to philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts

Background imageBurdett Collection: William Burdett-Coutts

William Burdett-Coutts
WILLIAM BURDETT-COUTTS (husband of Baroness B-C) Statesman with his autograph Date: 1851 - 1921

Background imageBurdett Collection: Franc is Burdett 1831

Franc is Burdett 1831
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT Radical statesman, in 1831 by which time he is immensely popular and regarded by all - except the authorities - as the champion of liberty. Date: 1770 - 1844

Background imageBurdett Collection: LCC-LFB Burdett Road fire station, E3

LCC-LFB Burdett Road fire station, E3
Built by the London County Council, Burdett Road fire station was located at 141 Burdett Road. It was closed in 1968 with the opening of the new Poplar fire station

Background imageBurdett Collection: LCC-LFB New enclosed London fire engine

LCC-LFB New enclosed London fire engine
The new enclosed breathing apparatus and ladder carrying fire engine supplied to the London Fire Brigade by Dennis, based on an LFB design

Background imageBurdett Collection: LCC-LFB Brigade finals of the Technical Quiz

LCC-LFB Brigade finals of the Technical Quiz
Each year a technical quiz competition was held in the Brigade. First were the Divisional heats that led to the Brigade finals involving the top team of each of the four Divisions

Background imageBurdett Collection: Burdett Silhouette

Burdett Silhouette
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT Radical statesman : Hes the staunch patriot Whose noble soul No parties sway No private ends control... firmly Freedoms friend. Date: 1770 - 1844

Background imageBurdett Collection: Baroness Burdett-Coutts, c. 1870

Baroness Burdett-Coutts, c. 1870
Photographic portrait of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), the English philanthropist, pictured c.1870

Background imageBurdett Collection: Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 1885

Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 1885
Photographic portrait of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), the English philanthropist, pictured in 1885

Background imageBurdett Collection: Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 1871

Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 1871
Engraved portrait of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), the English philanthropist, pictured in 1871. This portrait shows the Baroness in a full-length, formal dress

Background imageBurdett Collection: The Inside of a School - or the first meeting - after the -

The Inside of a School - or the first meeting - after the -
A satire on the return of Fox to Parliament, for a debate on the peace overtures from France, having left in 1797. He is in the centre of the classroom wearing a fools cap labelled Truant

Background imageBurdett Collection: Angela Burdett-Coutts

Angela Burdett-Coutts
Angela, baroness BURDETT-COUTTS philanthropist



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