Charles Collection (page 155)

The Haberdasher and Hosier. A young boy in cap and jacket looks at a new tie

The Hatters Shop. A smartly-attired young gentleman tries on a top hat in front of a full-length mirror in a Hatters shop

The Book Shop
Two girls (one hardly older than a toddler!) look through a variety of volumes in a Bookshop

Children ride on the top deck of an open omnibus
Children ride on the top deck of an open horse-drawn omnibus. A conductor makes sure everyone has purchased a ticket. The driver, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Mr Punch

Off for a drive in the trap
Three children take a horse and trap out for a ride on a country lane

The Express Train passing a signal-box at high speed

The Stationers Shop. A Stationer looks sternly down at a young boy who has approached the counter

Lindbergh kidnapping 1932
Aerial view of the Lindbergh Estate at Hopewell, New Jersey showing the line of cars and visitors curious about the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr. that happened on the 1st May

Gadshill Kent
Gadshill, Kent, the scene of Falstaffs escapades and home of Charles Dickens

Charles I Coat of Arms

Girl Holds Dog
A small girl makes sure her dog doesn t run away till the gentleman has taken his photograph

Popish Plot Document
Proclamation ordering a complete inquiry into the (supposed) Popish Plot against the late Charles II, in the belief that the sinister conspiracy might continue

Prince Charles Edward of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
Prince Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1884-1954) in German military uniform during World War I. When the Duke of Saxe-Coburgs son Alfred died in 1899

The builders of the great International exhibition building
(From left to right) Mr. Charles Lucas, Mr John Kelk(later knighted)and Mr. Thomas Lucas, joint contactors in the erection of the 1862 International exhibition building

Tom Titt / Charles Darling
Charles John Darling, 1st Baron Darling. British Conservative politician and judge

Respectful Dog
A small dog - possibly a King Charles Spaniel - pays its respects to the Leader of the Pack

My Lady Misrule
A fantasy illustration by Charles Robinson showing a woman dressed in a Twelfth Night costume, presumably about to attend a fancy dress party

Prince Leopold, 1872
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) photographed in 1872. Leopold was the fourth son and eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Prince Leopolds engagement
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) and his future wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1881. The fourth son and eight child of Queen Victoria

Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954), as a member of the Borussia Corps of Bonn University in about 1904

Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburgs family
Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburgs children Hubertus (left), Sibylla and Johann Leopold, with their mother Duchess Victoria Adelheid

BURY HILL
Bury Hill, Surrey, the seat of Charles Barclay, viewed from the lake

The Holiday Governess de Luxe. by Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (Brother of William Heath Robinson) of two children being carried by their Governess back to shore

The Catch by Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (1870-1937) of a fantasy scene showing a baby mermaid sat on the shore of a rock pool surrounded by two female bathers

Vanity Fair A La Mode by Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (1870-1937), brother of William Heath Robinson) of a fashion designer creating his collection in the open air

The Overture To Winter by Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (1870-1937) of a lady with a fashionable 1920s bobbed hair playing the piano whilst her friend conducts with a baton

So This Is Summer! By Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (Brother of William Heath Robinson) of a group of ladies frolicking on boad a boat in the style of a motor car

SHOES
Leather court shoe banded with calf, calf sandal finely stripped with white, calf shoe with buckled slingback, town shoe in calf and suede at Charles Jourdan, and punched

Taking a Plaster Cast of the Statue of Charles I, London, 18
Engraving showing the creation of a plaster cast of the 17th century equestrian statue of King Charles I at Charing Cross, London, 1853

Charles Laughton as Captain Hook
Charles Laughton playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the London Palladium. Elsa Lanchester, his wife, was Peter

Devonshire Terrace, London, 1897
Photograph showing the rear of Devonshire Terrace, Marylebone, London, the home of Charles Dickens from 1839 to 1850

If the Russian Ballet were to go red
Russian ballet. The ballet, particularly their costumes by Diaghilev, caused a sensation in London during the 1920 s, influencing everything from interior decor to fashion

Duke of Cambridge
George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), cousin of Queen Victoria and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army

Prince Charles of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales
Prince Charles of Denmark, later King Haakon VII, King of Norway and Princess Maud of Wales (1869-1938), youngest daughter of Edward VII. Front cover engraving from a photograph by W. and D

Princess Mauds Wedding
MAUD DUFF. Marriage of the daughter of the Duke & Duchess of Fife to Charles Alexander Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk in the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks

Duff Carnegie Wedding
MAUD DUFF, daughter of the Duke & Duchess of Fife, marrying Charles Alexander Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks

LONDON 1640
the neighbourhood of London Bridge in the reign of Charles I

Croker-Kings / Speare
CHARLES CROKER-KING English actor in the roll of Slender in Shakespeares Merry Wives of Windsor

Adoration by C. Robinson
Decorative illustration by Charles Robinson showing a fashionable young woman worshipping an effigy on a pedestal of a soldier

King Alberts Fete day: The royal Belgian children at Westmi
Cardinal Bourne greeting Prince Leopold, Duc de Bradant; Prince Charles, Comte de Flandre and Princess Marie-Jose of Belgium

Admiral Charles Beresford (1846-1919)
Photographic portrait of Admrial Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford (1846-1919), the English naval commander, pictured c.1919

Awarded the Victoria Cross: Lance-Corporal Charles Alfred Ja
heroism

A Visit to the Alpini
A lone Italian Alpini soldier, staked out on the top of a precarious mountain is so isolated, nobody has managed to get to him to tell him the war is over

Margaret Whigham and the Earl of Warwick, 1932
Photograph showing Miss Margaret Whigham (1912-1993), later the Duchess of Argyll, with Charles Guy Greville, 7th Earl Brooke, 7th Earl of Warwick (1919-1984), pictured c.1932

Blondin at the Crystal Palace, London, 1861
Engraving showing Blondin (1824-1897), the French high-wire walker and acrobat, pictured outside the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, with one of his ropes

Blondin riding a bicycle on a high-wire, 19th century
Illustration showing Blondin (1824-1897), the French tight-rope walker and acrobat, riding a bicycle along a high-wire

Emperor Charles of Austria
The Emperor Charles of Austria

Sir Charles Morton Forbes
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes (1880-1960) he was Commander in Chief of the home fleet from 1938-1940

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