Champion Collection (#20)

Honourable Charles Sumner
Portrait of the Honourable Charles Sumner (1811- 1874). The Great Senator, and Statesman. The Champion of Civil and Political Equality for the Colored Race

John C. Heenan, Champion of the World. (The Benicia Boy.) Born in West Troy, New York, May 2 1835, Height 6 feet 1 1/2 inches, Fighting weight from 185 to 195 lbs

Mrs Kempton bids farewell to Mick the Miller
Mrs Arundel Kempton, owner of the legendary champion greyhound Mick the Miller at Liverpool Street Station. Having run his last race, he was off to Norfolk for stud duties. Date: 1931

Champion medal of the Liverpool Athletic Society
The champion medal which is presented annually by the Mayor of Liverpool to the most successful competitor at the Olympic festivals which are held in June by the Athletic Society. Date: 1863

William Cook, billiards player
William Cook, English professional billiards player and champion on several occasions at the end of the 19th century. Date: 1904

W. T. Tilden and protege
William ( Bill ) Tatem Tilden (1893 - 1953), American tennis player, known as Big Bill. Dominated international tennis in the first half of the 1920s; won Wimbledon three times

Kid Lewis canvassing as a candidate for Mosleys New Party
Kid Lewis, triple boxing champion and ex-holder of the world welterweight title standing as a New Party candidate in Whitechapel, East London

Mr C G Barr, champion paper tearer
The champion paper tearer of the world, Mr C. G. Barr of Seattle, Washington with some examples of his work. Date: 1904

Racehorse Aldaniti at a charity fundraising event
The racehorse Aldaniti (1970-1997), a chestnut gelding, meeting admirers at a charity fundraising event. Aldaniti won the Grand National in 1981, and his jockey, Bob Champion

Man with champion shire horse at a County Show, Cornwall
A man with his champion shire horse at a County Show in Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Corgi - Ch Antoc Cinnabar

The Worlds Champion Froth Blower by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by H. M. Bateman depicting a scene in a pub with the worlds champion beer froth blower managing to aim the head of his pint right into the face of a customer. Date: 1927

Alice Marble U. S. A champion 1937
Alice Marble (1913 - 1990) World No. 1 American tennis player, who won 18 Grand Slam championships between (1936 1940). Date: 1937

Boxing Manager & Trainer
Left to right : The Chinese friend, trainer and manager of KUI KONG YOUNG, in training to fight Puerto Rican boxing champion SIXTO ESCOBAR, Sydney, Australia. Date: 1930s

Kui Kong Young
Chinese Filipino boxer KUI KONG YOUNG, the small but toned and powerful young boxer, in training to fight Puerto Rican boxing champion SIXTO ESCOBAR. Date: 1940s

Etienne a De Boulogne
Monseigneur ETIENNE ANTOINE DE BOULOGNE French churchman, bishop of Troyes, champion of the Institut de Freres. Date: 1747 - 1825

Football medal, Derby Sunday Schools
Football medal of the Derby Sunday Schools Amateur Football League, 1910-1911 season, awarded to J. H. Watson. 1911

Swimming medal, Derby Peace Celebrations
Swimming medal of the County Borough of Derby Peace Celebrations, Life Saving Competition, awarded to J. H. Watson. Showing the Derby emblem at the centre, the Deer in a Park. 1919

Swimming medal, Derby Water Polo League
Swimming medal of the Derby Water Polo League, awarded to one of the champions, J. H. Watson. Showing an outdoor scene with swimmers in the water and another swimmer diving in. 1907

Champion Brentwood Hero - Old English Sheepdog Date: circa 1910s

Prize Collie Dog Date: 1905

Record-breaking cauliflower
A gigantic record-brealing cauliflower and the very proud gardener responsible for this remarkably-leaved vegetable! Date: circa 1894

Queen Elizabeth II inspecting a cattle champion, 1957
Inspecting a cattle champion: Queen Elizabeth II stops to speak to a stockman holding one of the splendid beasts in a line of cattle champions in the ring at the Royal Norwich Agricultural Show

P. M. Scott, National Gliding Champion
P.M. Scott, winner of the 1963 National Gliding Championships, sitting in an Olympia 419 glider at the Lasham Gliding Centre

The Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall
Impression of the Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall during the State Banquet following the Coronation of King George IV in 1821 as observed by Sir Walter Scott

Princess Elizabeth at the Head of the River race, Devon
Princess Elizabeth is helped ashore from the launch Enchantress by Bert Barry, former world professional sculling champion, dressed in his red doggetts coat and badge regalia. Date: 17th March 1951

Female boxer
" The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves, to a scratch with her finger nails". 1. Her first lesson. 2. Fair professionals. 3. Training under instructions of a champion. 4

Eglinton Tournament 6
The Queen of Beauty (Lady Seymour) presents the prize to the champion, who is none other than the Lord of the Tournament, the Earl of Eglinton himself. Date: 30 August 1839

Fall / Pomeranian / 1948
CHAMPION DIMPLES OF HADLEIGH Owned by Mrs Dyke. Date: 1948

14 year old swimming champion with six trophies
A 14-year-old swimming champion poses with the six trophies he has won. (1 of 2) Date: 1924

Wildgoose family of swimmers
A family of swimmers, all in their swimming costumes: T Wildgoose, ex-1000 yards champion, with Emma (3), Alice (15 months) and Dick (4). Date: 1910s

Ethel Shipley, long distance champion swimmer
Miss Ethel Shipley, Long Distance Lady Champion swimmer, and First Lady Home in the " Weekly Dispatch" swim through London (15 miles). Date: 1910s

FALL / CRUFTS / 1956 / GREYH D
CHAMPION TREETOPS GOLDEN FALCON CRUFTS BEST IN SHOW 1956 Owned and bred by Mrs W de Casembroot and Miss H Greenish Fawn brindle & white Date: 1956

Fourteen year old swimming champion with trophies
A 14-year-old swimming champion with the six trophies he has won. (2 of 2) Date: 1924

Fall / English Toy Terrier
KNOWN ALSO AS BLACK & TAN CHAMPION BORDESLEY BEATNIK Owned by Voce. Date: 1960

Fall / Newfoundland / 1934
CHAMPION WATER RAT Owner: Kerr Date: 1934

Jack Hatfield, British Olympic swimming champion
Jack Hatfield (John Gatenby " Jack" Hatfield, 1893-1965), British Olympic swimming champion, seen here at the time of the Stockholm Olympics in 1912

Fall / Clumber Spaniels / 36
CHAMPION AUCKWEAR RIPPER Owned by Reed. Date: 1936

Fall / Clumber Spaniels / 53
CHAMPION WESTHYDE BUSTER Owned by Fraser. Date: 1953

Fall / Clumber Spaniels / 27
CHAMPION SIR PETER Owned by Captain R. Stock. Date: 1927

Fall / Welsh Springer / 1934
CHAMPION MUSKETEER O MATHERN AND MARIONETTE O MATHERN Owned by Downes-Powell. Head study. Date: 1934

Afghan / Khorrasan / 1953
CHAMPION PORTRAIT OF KHORRASAN Owned by Snelling. Date: 1953

Miss Dorothea Douglass
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878 - 1960), English tennis player and seven time winner of the ladies singles title at Wimbledon between 1903 and 1914

William T Tilden, the American champion of Wimbledon in 1920, 1921 and 1930

Miss Helen Wills, American Tennis Player and Artist
MISS HELEN WILLS in 1927, American tennis player and artist, seen here in mufti, ie ordinary clothes rather than her tennis gear

Alice Marble, 1939 Wimbledon champion
Alice Marble (1913-1990), American tennis player, who was the first woman to win both the US Open and Wimbledon singles titles in the same year, as well as the ladies doubles and mixed doubles

Prizewinning bull and farmer, Mid Wales
A prizewinning bull with the farmer on the left, in a garden in Mid Wales

Champion South Devon Bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion South Devon Bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

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