Cobb Collection

HMS Implacable, 1920
Photograph of HMS Implacable, formerly the Duguay-Trouin, 1920. This ship was built in France in 1789, served at Trafalgar, and was captured by the Royal Navy shortly thereafter

All Aboard for Brooklands by The Tout 1931
Humorous colour illustration by The Tout showing caricatures of various personalities from the motoring world in 1931. From left: Lord Howe, Mr. Raymond Mays, Mr. Hugh P

Napier-Railton racing car driven at Brooklands track by John Cobb, 1937 Date: 1937

Lyme Regis from the Cobb Landscape scene England
Lyme, Regis, from, the, Cobb, Landscape, scene, England, Watercolour, painting, Terry, Whitworth, 12023000

Fancy dress costume - Bibendum
Mr R. H. Cobb as Bibendum (the Michelin Man) at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball in 1912. Date: 1912

Down with the Foe, Boys having a Pillow Fight by Ruth Cobb - from unknown Childrens Annual

The Flag of the Foe by Ruth Cobb - from unknown Childrens Annual

WW2 - Home Guard Mystery
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Home Guard Mystery, written by Belton Cobb. Date: 1941

The Cobb from Langmoor Gardens, Lyme Regis, Dorset - Painted by artist P Tunstill for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Lyme Regis from The Cobb, Dorset - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

The Harbour and Cobb, Lyme Regis, Dorset, viewed from Langmoor Gardens - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Rough sea on The Cobb, Lyme Regis, Dorset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

The Cobb, Lyme Regis, Dorset, viewed from Holmbush - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Lyme Regis, Dorset, viewed from The Cobb - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

The New Pet, terrier puppy with whip, by Ruth Cobb Date: 1937

Sir Redmond Barry's Old House
An etching of an ominous road, leading to the former home of Sir Redmond Barry, a colonial Judge in Victoria and inaugural Chancellor of the University of Melbourne

Old St. James, Melbourne
This etching shows a gentleman with his dog, stood on a pathway outside St. James old Cathedral, Melbourne. Date: 1912

Close of Day
A landscape etching showing a simple wooden fence leading up to a small farm out building, with background trees which form a natural archway. Date: 1920

The Patriarch
This etching shows a large tree in a grassland countryside of Australia. Date: circa 1918

Old Stone Crushing Mill
An etching of an old stone crushing mill, with some workmen outside. Date: circa 1917

Old Heidelberg Road, Victoria
Etching of the Old Heidelberg Road, with steep rocky banks at each side, Victoria, Australia. Date: circa 1917

Lyme Regis, the harbour from the Cobb by Terry Whitworth

Speed record course, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA
Sir Malcolm Campbells course at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, for his attempt on the world land speed record. The circles indicate the courses used by Jenkins

John Cobb, motor racing driver. 20th century

John Cobb, driver, in a Napier-Railton, in which he set new speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats, USA in 1935. 1935

Middlesex Rugby Team: Bullock, Newbigging, Kendall, Gilmore, Foster, Gibbon, Cobb, Dixon, Wells, Moore, Hooper, Elliott, Bodington, Gilbert, Bond. 1890s

Spain. Madrid. Four Towers Business Area. Space Tower ( by H
Spain. Madrid. Four Towers Business Area. Business district. Paseo de la Castellana. Space Tower ( by Henry N. Cobb) and Crystal Tower (by Cesar Pelli). Finished in 2008

Spain. Madrid. Four Towers Business Area. Space Tower. Fini
Spain. Madrid. Four Towers Business Area. Business district. Paseo de la Castellana. Space Tower. Disegned by Henry N. Cobb and built by Obrascon Huarte Lain. Finished in 2008

United States. Boston. John Hancock Tower, designed by IM Pei and Henry N. Cobb. It was finished in 1976. Massachusetts

Group of Belgian and British soldiers at Quex Park, with three members of the VAD staff. The Belgian men are wearing civilian clothes. All the British soldiers are in army uniform

James Cobb, Playwright
JAMES COBB - Secretary in the East India Co. who wrote many mediocre stage pieces, mostly musical comedies but including an operatic version of Paul et Virginie, best forgotten. Date: 1756 - 1818

Howell Cobb
HOWELL COBB American politician, governor of Georgia, sided with the Confederacy during the war between the States. Date: 1815 - 1868

DAVID COBB American soldier and statesman Date: 1748 - 1839

Officers of the Birchington VAD
The Officers of the Birchington VAD Detachment (Kent/178) standing outside the front door of Quex House. They are (left to right) Alice Cobb, Quartermaster (married to Harold Cobb)

Members of Birchington VAD. Seated (l-r) Mary Holmes (Lady Superintendent), Hannah Powell-Cotton (Commandant), Alice Cobb (Quartermaster). Standing (l-r) Elsie Alice Smith, Florence Perfect, ?, ?

Nurses & Doctor, Quex Park
Nurses of the Birchington VAD, together with Medical Officer, Dr Harry Worthington, outside Quex House in early 1915. Seated (left to right) are Alice Cobb, Quartermaster, Hannah Powell-Cotton

View of the Cobb from Langmoor Gardens, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. Date: 1920s

Popular song Goodbye Dolly
A woman in despair over her drowning soldier husband who whilst rowing broke an oar and fell into the water. Realising his fate he bids fond farewell to his wife, Dolly

John Cobb: 134. 85 mph for 24 hours
John Cobb: 134.85 mph for 24 hours

The champion Stallion Maxy Cobb by Happy Medium

GRANNIEs TEETH
Grannies Teeth old stone steps on The Cobb, a defence against coastal erosion, dating back to the 13th century and re-fortified many times. Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. Date: 1950s

Umbrella Adventures in variable weather
Umbrella Adventures, showing a girl and boy in variable weather, from sunshine, to rain, to wind, to a fishing disaster, and a rescue. Date: 1924

Transport exhibits at Festival of Britain, London
Various transport exhibits at the Festival of Britain, South Bank, London, showing aircraft, trains and a high-speed car. Date: May 1951

Saint Nazaire, France - the North Quay
New entrance to Saint Nazaire, France - the North Quay

Inverarary, Scotland - view from the harbour

Selection of Toy Cars
A selection of toy motor vehicle, some with their original boxes, including the land speed record-breaking cars John Cobbs fabulous Railton Special and Major Henry Segraves Golden Arrow

English coastal village, possibly in Cornwall or Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The Fishermans Town
A Girl in a red bonnets sits on the hillside overlooking a coastal town, with fishing boats moored up against the harbour wall and pulled up on the beach

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