Classes Collection

Sea or rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Sweet gale or Dutch myrtle, Myrica gale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

The Flower Market Of The Madeleine by Blampied
An illustration by Edmund Blampied of a bustling flower market at the Place de la Madeleine in Paris. Blampied (1886-1966) drew countless illustrations for the ILN magazines

Large classroom, Harrow School
A large classroom at Harrow School with several classes held at once

PELLIZZA DA VOLPEDO, Giuseppe (1868-1901). The Fourth Estate. 1901. Central detail. Naturalism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera

Boy Repairs Boots / 1930
A boy is taught to mend his own boots in classes at a London School

Tennis Court Oath
Representatives of the non- privileged classes held a meeting in a tennis court after finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall in Versailles

Blue lotus of the Nile, Nymphaea caerulea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Lady Desborough with her sons, Julian and Billy
Ethel Anne Priscilla ( Ettie ) Grenfell (n饠 Fane), Lady Desborough (1867-1952), Wife of William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough

Miss Pamela Maude (Mrs William La Touche Congreve)
Miss Pamela Maude, the daughter of actor Cyril Maude, pictured at the time of her marriage to Captain William La Touche Congreve of the Rifle Brigade

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland returns from the front, WW1
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, pictured at the Hague with her party of nurses after they had returned from the heavily bombarded town of Namur where they had set up a hospital

Western Ambulance Station, Seagrave Road, Fulham
Entrance to the ambulance station at the Western Fever Hospital on Seagrave Road, Fulham. Opened in 1877, it was the fourth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board which in 1869

Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers Cottage
Interior view of a peasants cottage in Dorset in 1846, accompanying an article reporting on the poverty and squalor of some villages in the county

The Latest Spelling Test by William Heath Robinson
A desperate effort to instil good luck into a five-franc plaque before returning to the Casino. Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)

Rotary Club 1950S
Four gentlemen enjoy a drink and a spot of socialising at the Rotary Club Headquarters, Rotary House, Portland Place, London

Community / Town Planning /
Robert Owen seeks to create an ideal working community at New Lanark, near Glasgow, Scotland - schoolgirls dancing a quadrille

Twinflower or two-flowered linnaea, Linnaea borealis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

Thrift, Armeria maritima (Statice armeria). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Ladies of the Land - Society Workers on a model farm, WW1
A model farm at West Malvern where girls of the higher social classes are trained in the practical work and theory of dairying, including cheese-making, poultry culture, goat-keeping, and so

Comic postcard, Large woman exercising on the beach, with warning from inspector Date: 20th century

Female art students at the Royal Academy school
Women art students in a life drawing class at the Royal Academy school

Field larkspur, Consolida regalis (Delphinium consolida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

The Sans-Culotte
This illustration shows a finely dressed lady with a fan, standing unaffected by the sight of a charging man armed with a spear, who is deemed a sans-culotte

White Star Line, Royal & US Mail Steamers, brochure
White Star Line, Royal & United States Mail Steamers, soft cover brochure, covering all three classes of services at the height of the transatlantic immigrant trade

RMS Olympic - promotional poster showing accommodation on board for all classes, prices and news items, following the final refit in 1933. 24 x 18 inches. Date: circa 1933

Douglas Jardine, England Cricket Captain
Douglas Jardine (1900-1958), who had captained the England cricket team to Ashes victory earlier in the year. There had been controversy due to the bodyline bowling tactics used by the English team

Mrs MacDonald Buchanan with Mr Hector MacDonald
Catherine MacDonald Buchanan (b. 1895) was the only surviving child of James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington. Here she is pictured at the family seat, Lavington House

Lady Alexandra Haig (1907-1997), daughter of Field Marshal Earl Haig, on duty with the Voluntary Aid Detatchment (VAD). Date: 1940

Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill (1922 -2000) was the daughter of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and cousin to Winston Churchill. She emigrated to the USA in 1945, and was reknowned for her charity work

Wysard's Waxworks
Artist Tony Wysard (1907-1984) depicted a series of celebrity victims in his Wysard's Waxworks illustrations. Here are shown Nina Studley-Herbert, 12th Countess of Seafield (1906-1969)

Taking a stroll at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham
Lady Helen Grosvenor (1888-1970), Lady Castlereagh (1878-1959), Lord Charles Beresford (1846-1919), Lord Hugh Cecil (1869-1956) and Miss Chaplin take a summer stroll at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Spanish farmer, drawing by Victorio Macho published in the magazine Madrid (1937). Drawing

VIENNA, THE RINGSTRASSEN
Die Ringstrassen, the great avenue which circumfluences the city : note horse-buses and trams, dog-cart and hand- cart, pedestrians of all social classes. Date: 1876

Leaves from life: two types of music from either end of the social spectrum, a new series of studies by Edmund Blampied. A charity concert and In the backwoods of Kennington - the lodger. Date: 1933

Comic postcard, Man with a pint of beer on the beach
Comic postcard, Man with a pint of beer and sandwiches on the beach Date: 20th century

Lord Palmerston delivering the prizes at the South London Industrial Exhibition, at the Lambeth Baths in Westminster Road, London, 1865. Date: 1865

Advert for Nat Wayburns Institute of Dancing, New York, 1930 Date: 1930

Stars of the Summer Night - Dany study offered
Stars of the Summer Night - Summer Dance school offered by Florence Rogge, Ted Shawn, Leon Leonidoff and Bill Robinson, New York, 1931 Date: 1931

Cartoon, Land and Labour (Agricultural Union)
Cartoon, Land and Labour; or, How to Settle It. A comment on the current unrest over working conditions in agricultural districts

Mixed gender evening class at an arts school 1909
A mixed gender evening class at the Birmingham School for Jewellers and Silversmiths, a Branch of the Municipal School of Art

Street scene in Georgian Times, showing a fine lady leaving a shop and about to get into a sedan chair. A poor boy passes by in the road. Date: late 18th century

Poster, German motorcycle racing successes on DKW
Poster, German motorcycle racing successes in four out of five classes on DKW Auto Union cycles (later part of Audi). 1936

Streaked field garlic, Allium oleraceum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Sand strapwort, Corrigiola litoralis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Four-leaved allseed, Polycarpon tetraphyllum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

Viviparous sheeps fescue, Festuca vivipara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Meadow foxtail grass, Alopecurus pratensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Creeping bentgrass, Agrostis stolonifera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

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