Chelsea Collection

Albert Bridge London
Connecting Chelsea and Battersea : built 1871-3 by R M Ordish using a hybrid cantilever and suspension technique. Date: circa 1880

Chelsea Football Club 1905
Chelsea Football Club, founded in March 1905. The top picture shows the squad of players and officials

Battersea Power Station
The chimneys of Battersea Power Station, view across the River Thames, from Chelsea Reach, London

Royal Hospital, Chelsea - The Colonnade Date: circa 1910s

The Bohemians of Chelsea, scene from Tantivy Towers
A scene from the British light opera, Tantivy Towers, written by A. P. Herbert

Chelsea Arts Ball - Noel Coward and Ivor Novello
A group at the Annual Chelsea Arts Club Ball, held at the Royal Albert Hall every New Years Eve

Metropolitan Police officer on traffic duty
A Metropolitan Police officer, PC Edward Ridout of Chelsea Police Station, on traffic duty. He is standing by a zebra crossing to help a little boy across the road

London arms and seals
The Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries

Chelsea Football Club - 1959-1960 season. Left to right: (Back row) S. Anderton, R. Whittaker, R. Matthews, J. Mortimore, C. Livesey, J. Compton; (front row) James Peter ( Jimmy ) Greaves (1940-), P

The Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball
A flamboyant fancy-dress ball given by the Chelsea Arts Club at the Albert Hall

Chelsea Arts Club Ball
An impression of the Dazzle Ball of the Chelsea Arts Club held to celebrate the Allied victory at the end of World War One. Costumes were inspired by the dazzle

New Years Eve Party, Chelsea Arts Ball, 1923
Photograph showing the revellers at the Chelsea Arts Ball, on New Years Eve, 1923. A monumental John Bull figure looks down on the party goers in their fancy dress costumes

Aerial view of Stamford Bridge football ground, London
Aerial view of Stamford Bridge football ground, home of Chelsea Football Club, SW London, with a match in progress and a large number of spectators. Date: 1922

LCC-LFB changeover from brass to cork fire helmets
Two firemen in the foreground wearing new style cork helmets and Proto Mark IV breathing apparatus sets

Kings Road, Chelsea, London Date: 1909

Chelsea F. C. v Woolwich Arsenal 1907
The first Football League match between two teams from the southern half of England

Police and Fire Brigade attending a fire at Chelsea FC
Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade attending a fire at Chelsea FC

Doggetts Coat and Badge Race, River Thames, London
Watermen on duty at the end of Doggetts Coat and Badge Race on the River Thames. They are wearing the livery of the Fishmongers Company

Kings Road viewed from Sloane Square, Chelsea, London

Two Women on Kings Road
Two women walk down the Kings Road, Chelsea, London as traffic passes by

The Finish of the Race for Doggetts Coat and Badge, London
Engraving showing the finish of the Race for Thames Watermen for Doggetts Coat and Badge, Chelsea, 1869

Regatta at Chelsea
Unspecified regatta on the Thames between Chelsea & Battersea attended by fashionable spectators & rowers. NB Royal Hospital & Doggetts coat & badge. Date: circa 1815

Chelsea Football Club team 1905-1906
Chelsea Football Club team and management, season of 1905-1906 (names below the photo). Date: 1905-1906

Chelsea Football Club - Team

Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) Power House (Lots Road Power Station), Chelsea, London

Room in Gwen Farrars Chelsea home panelled in pine
A room in the Chelsea home of popular entertainer, Gwen Farrar panelled in pine. The scheme was carried out by Messrs. Ernest Williams, Ltd, of 27 Davies Street, Berkeley Square. Date: 1926

Chelsea Follies Revue by Archibald de Bear and R. Arkell
Chelsea Follies Revue devised by Archibald de Bear (1882 - 1959) and Reginald Arkell (1889 - 1962). Presented by R.H

Grand Aerostatic Balloon, Little Chelsea
Grand Aerostatic Balloon ascending with Mr Blanchard from the Royal Military Academy, Little Chelsea, London. 16 October 1784

Female Traffic Warden
A female traffic warden in Chelsea, London, issuing a parking ticket to an unfortunate motorist. Date: late 1960s

Chelsea Arts Club Ball, 1954
Scene at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball at the Royal Albert Hall at midnight with balloons drifting down from the ceiling and revellers in fancy dress costume singing Auld Lang Syne. 1954

WW2 Christmas card, Escort! A Chelsea Pensioner looks in admiration at an RAF airman with an elegant woman on each arm. Date: 1941

Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson, WW1
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson (1883-1932), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromartie, society figure, danced and promoter of the healthy benefits of exercise

New grounds of the London Athletic Club at Stamford Bridge, Fulham in London. Date: 1877

Advertisement for Facel Vega car with female model (Helen Connor). 1959

Directors of Chelsea Football Club 1938
The Directors of Chelsea F.C. gathered in the Boardroom

1921 FA Cup Final
The outside left for Tottenham Hotspur (Dimmock) scores the only goal in the FA Cup Final to defeat Wolverhampton Wanderers before a crowd of 72, 805 at Stamford Bridge

The accommodation of the Chelsea pensioners designed by Sir Christopher Wren

Scenes from the fancy dress Chelsea Arts Ball held at the Albert Hall, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Chelsea vs West Bromwich Albion 1905
A montage of photographs showing action from the fixture between Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion, in the Second Division of the Football League, played at Chelseas home ground, Stamford Bridge

Chelsea Pensioner
A Chelsea Pensioner, looking rather out of place in Swinging London! Date: 1960s

Inmates of the Chelsea workhouse, London
Elderly male inmates relax in a garden of the Chelsea workhouse, London. Some are smoking pipes, some are reading newspapers, others are feeding birds

Chelsea v. Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge
A footballer takes a header during the Chelsea v. Aston Villa match at Stamford Bridge, London

London Terrace, New York
London Terrace in Old Chelsea, New York City, America

Oak Apple Day at Chelsea Hospital
Lord Roberts takes the salute of the Chelsea Pensioners as they march past the statue of Charles II, which is covered with oak branches in honour of Oak Apple Day

Kensington & Chelsea District School, Banstead, Surrey
Aerial view of Beechholme childrens home, Banstead, Surrey, originally established in 1876 as the Kensington and Chelsea District School to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Sloane Street, Pimlico Borders, London

Cadogan Square, London
Cadogan Square - the jewel in the crown of the Cadogan Estate, Chelsea, London. A baker delivers the morning bread from a tricycle with a large wicker basket attached

Georgian Town Houses
Georgian houses in Selwood Place, a quiet street in Chelsea, London

Sloane Square Station
A street scene outside Sloane Square Underground station in Chelsea, London, with frequent trains to the City on the District Railway

Turnbull / Clapton Orient
R Turnbull, player for Clapton Orient; also played for Arsenal, Charlton and Chelsea

Pyne - Chelsea Pensioner
CHELSEA PENSIONER A survivor of one of Englands periodic wars, he wears the traditional uniform of the military asylum at Chelsea

Sergeant William Baacke, Late 109th Regiment of Foot, a Chelsea Pensioner, served in the Crimean War and seventeen years in East India. Date: 1902

Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals
This postcard titled Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals shows the many characters Albert Chevalier played. As the coster, fourth from right in the front row, he sang his famous coster songs

Chelsea Arts Ball
The Chelsea Arts Ball, held annually at the Albert Hall, London the gayest and most characteristic of our English artists revels

Chelsea Pensioner and young boy
Chelsea Pensioner recounting tales to a young boy. 1891

The last muster

Old Chelsea riverside, London
A view across the Thames to the riverside of old Chelsea where a new embankment was under construction in the late 19th century

Kensington & Chelsea District School, Boys Band
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Demonstration against the toll on Chelsea Bridge, London
A demonstration against the charging of a toll on the new Chelsea Bridge, London

Sketch of Admiral Codrington PH, Chelsea, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub

Chelsea Veterans: Memories. Illustration showing ChelseaPensioners sitting and reminiscing on past memories, perhaps from the war. Date: 1933

Maimie and Celia Paget, twin daughters of the late Eric Morton Paget, featured in the Sketch in their Chelsea house consisting of a studio and a twin suite of bedrooms. Date: 1938

Chelsea Arts Club ball, Noel Coward, Ivor Novello
Group of well-known figures from the theatrical world at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball in 1924 including Ivor Novello, Gladys Calthrop, Noel Coward and Gladys Cooper. Date: 1924

Old Chelsea, London Date: 1950s

Chelsea Embankment Gardens, London - fancy apartments. Date: 1908

Chelsea Harbour
A drawing of Chelsea Harbour with old Chelsea Bridge in the background. Date: 1901

Chelsea Hospital, London, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Chelsea Pensioners, Royal Hospital, London, London, England. Date: 1962

Indian coral tree foliage, Erythrina variegata
Foliage of the tiger's claw or Indian coral tree, Erythrina variegata. As Erythrina parcelsii, imported from the South Sea Islands by William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea

Pescatoria cerina orchid, native to Costa Rica and NW Colombia. Imported by William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea

Miltoniopsis roezlii orchid, native to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Panama. Imported by nurseryman William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. As Odontoglossum roezlii

Nodding catchfly, Silene pendula
Nodding catchfly or drooping catchfly, Silene pendula. Native to Italy, Greece and Turkey. As Silene pendula compacta, from William Bull's nursery, King's Road, Chelsea

Flag-like Miltoniopsis orchid, Miltoniopsis vexillaria, native to Colombia and Ecuador. As Odontoglossum vexillarium, from a specimen raised by Veitch and Sons nursery, King's Road, Chelsea

Ti plant, palm lily, cabbage palm, Cordyline fruticosa. As Dracaena splendens, from a South Sea Islands specimen in William Bull's nursery, Chelsea

Cattleya harpophylla orchid. As Laelia harpophylla, native of Brazil, exhibited by Veitch and Sons of Chelsea as Laelia cinnabarina

Aphelandra aurantiaca var. nitens, native to the tropical Americas. As Aphelandra nitens, imported from Guayaquil by Veitch and Sons of Chelsea

Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima. As Poinsettia pulcherrima rosea-carminata, from William Bull's nursery, King's Road, Chelsea

Scorpion orchid, Arachnis cathcartii. Native of Eastern Himalaya. As Vanda cathcartii from a specimen in Veitch and Sons nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. Cathcart's Arachnanthe

Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow and shoeblack plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Provided by William Bull of King's Road, Chelsea, from the South Sea Islands

Palm tree, Welfia regia. Specimen provided by nurseryman William Bull of King's Road, Chelsea

Bomarea carderi, native to Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Imported from New Grenada by William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea

Prayer plant, Maranta leuconeura, native to Brazil. Sold by James Veitch and Sons, King's Road, Chelsea. As Maranta massingiana

Golden-rayed lily or yamayuri, Lilium auratum
Variety of golden-rayed lily, goldband lily or yamayuri, Lilium auratum, native to Japan. Raised by William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. As Lilium aurantum cruentum

Davis's begonia, Begonia davisii. Discovered by plant hunter Walter Davis near Arequipa in Peru, sold by James Veitch and Sons, King's Road, Chelsea

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