Charles Collection (page 8)

Paphiopedilum dayanum orchid (Cypripedium dayanum). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Bicton rhynchostylis orchid, Rhynchostele bictoniensis (Odontoglossum bictoniense). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Esmeralda cathcartii orchid (Vanda cathcarti). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Glory bush, Tibouchina elegans (Pleroma elegans). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Thorny gardenia, Hyperacanthus amoenus (Gardenia amoena). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Fairy lantern, Calochortus albus (Cyclobothra alba). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Rose mallow, Hibiscus lavaterioides (Hibiscus marmoratus). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Chilean jasmine, Mandevilla laxa (Mandevillea suaveolens). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Bush honeysuckle or ukon utsugi, Weigela middendorfiana (Diervilla middendorffiana). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Wilcannia lilies, Calostemma purpureum and Calostemma luteum
Purple and yellow wilcannia lilies, Calostemma purpureum and Calostemma luteum. Australia. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus (Antilope equina). Handcoloured engraving by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in the British Museum from Edward

TO THE RESCUE ! Lord Charles Beresford relieves Sir Charles Wilson on the Nile island of Meruat Date: 1885

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive 3938, Quo Vadis
Maker: Charles Burrell & Sons of Thetford, Norfolk Type: Showmans Road Locomotive Number: 3938 Built: 1922 Registration: XL 9086 Class: Scenic Cylinders: Compound Nhp: 8 Name: Quo Vadis Date

Duchess of Cleveland, from a painting by Sir Peter Lely.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin

A Tale of Two Cities
A tale of two cities staged at the Lyceum Theatre, London Date: 1860

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3798) at the 1959 Andover Steam Fair. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Priscilla and the Profligate, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
Priscilla and the Profligate, a play by Laura Wildig, at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London, produced by Charles Hawtrey. circa 1920s

Domestic interior with a mother and child seated at a piano
A domestic interior with a mother and child seated at a piano, oil on canvas, possibly by Charles West Cope, c.1860, in a gilt frame with moulded decoration and a circular aperture. Date: c.1860

Charles Wood, English horseracing jockey
Charles Wood (1856-1945), English flat racing jockey. late 19th century

Les Cloches de Corneville by Clairville and Charles Gabet. It was adapted into English by H. B. Farnie and Robert Reece. Reverse of the previous flyer for the Halifax Amateur Operatic Society

Cartoon portrait, Charles Kelly, performer
Cartoon portrait, Charles Clavering Wardell Kelly (1839-1885), actor and journalist -- a sound actor. 1884

Dolly Sisters from League of Notions at London Pavilion
Portraits of the Dolly Sisters in their Persian outfits from Charles Cochrans League of Notions at the London Pavilion, 1922 Date: 1922

The late Charles Darwin
Article on Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) with illustrations of his statue at the Natural History Museum, the exterior of his house at Down, near Beckenham, his study and green-house

Advertisement, Holt Mild Ale, Birmingham
Advertisement for Holt Mild Ale, Beer and Stout bottled by Charles Heeley Ltd. 1931

Daniel Boones Cabin and the house in which he died
The Original Cabin of Daniel Boone (1734-1820) - American pioneer at Femme Osage, Missouri and the house in which he died (built by his son Nathaniel) at St. Charles, Missouri. Date: 1906

NAPIER, Sir Charles (1786-1860)
NAPIER, Sir Charles (Merchiston Hall, 1786-London 1860). British admiral. Engraving

Caricature of Captain Charles Francis Buller, cricketer
Caricature of Captain Charles Francis Buller (1846-1906), cricketer. 1880

Music cover, The Torpedo Galop, by Charles d Albert, based on music from Edmond Audrans comic opera, Olivette. 1880

Caricature of Archdeacon Dunbar, Anglican clergyman
Caricature of Archdeacon Charles Gordon Cumming Dunbar (1844-1916), Anglican clergyman of St Andrews Church, Tavistock Place, London, who was involved in a divorce case in 1881 brought by his wife

Sir John Day
SIR JOHN CHARLES FREDERICK SIGMUND DAY Judge in the Queens Bench Division. Date: 1826 - 1908

Cornwallis (Anon)
CHARLES, second earl and first marquess CORNWALLIS British military commander, governor-general of India. Date: 1738-1805

Senate House London
The Senate House, University of London, was designed by the architect Charles Holden in 1932. Some say it owes its lines to the USA skyscraper, others to European Modernism. Date: 1950s

Charles Cotton / Humphrys
CHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler, fishing by the river Date: 1630 - 1687

CV Stanford - Downey cab
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) Irish musician

Dickens Weger Eng
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens in 1868. Date: 1812 - 1870

Il Trovatore - Music Sheet Cover
Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the version performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. No.1, The Tempest of the Heart (La Tempesta del Mio Cor)

Lance-Corporal Jarvis in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Charles A Jarvis of the Royal Engineers, winning the Victoria Cross by fixing a firing charge for the demolition of a bridge, under heavy fire

Life of Charles Dickens - Newgate Prison Barnaby Rudge. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works) slide no. 3 Date: circa 1890s

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - Coloured slide with handwritten inscription - Lorry reads the dispatch Recalled to Life

Life of Charles Dickens - Entrance to Newgate Prison. London.. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works), slide no. 4 Date: circa 1890s

Commander Samson with other British airmen, WW1
Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 5 February 1931), British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal

Charles Parnell, 1880
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL(1846 - 1891) Irish Nationalist politician pictured in 1880. Date: 1880

Elizabeth Lindsay
ELIZABETH LINDSAY (nee Thompson) wife of the honourable Charles Lindsay, son of the earl of Crawford Date: ? - 1852

The Hon Charles Rolls? balloon at Monmouth

Spain (1759). Royal Palace of Barcelona illuminated on the occasion of the arrival of Charles III and Maric Amalia of Saxony. Engraving by Ignacio Valls. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Sir John Oglander
SIR JOHN OGLANDER deputy-governor of the Isle of Wight, whose royalist sympathies and loyalty to Charles I got him into trouble with the Commonwealth. Date: 1585 - 1655

The Queen visits Norway
Photographs documenting the unofficial visit of Queen Elizabeth II and her family to Norway in August 1969. Clockwise from top left: 1

Modern Athenians plate 6 - Edinburgh
John Jeffrey (1775-1848) the younger and only brother of Francis, Lord Jeffrey, facing Charles Kilpartick Sharpe (1781-1851) a long resident of Edinburgh, eccentric in ways and dress

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