Davenport Collection

Davenport Brothers
Ira Davenport on the left, his brother William on the right : preparing to bind them inside their cabinet are Mr Fay and Mr Cooper, who will ensure that no trickery is involved

Houdini / Davenport
Harry Houdini at the grave of William Davenport, American stage magician who with his brother Ira deceived many with their supposed spirit seances

Davenport's Strong Ale

Davenport's Bitter Beer

Davenport's Best Bitter

DAVENPORT POSTER 2
Poster for Ira Davenport, who returned to the stage after the death of his brother William : pretending to be spirit mediums they were skilful stage magicians. Date: 1894

Mrs Davenport by George Romney (1734-1802) - painting on canvas. Date: circa 1783

MUCH ADO: BENEDICK / C19TH
Act II, Scene III Mr. E. L. Davenport in the role of Benedick, soliloquizing. Date: Nineteenth century

PHOTO OF BOY LATE 19C
Photograph of a little boy, possibly Vincent Hope Davenport, standing on a chair in the photographers studio: he wears a mourning sash round his waist. Date: late 19th century

MOTHER & BABY C1890 MOTHER & BABY C1890
Vincent Hope Davenport, age three months, in his white christening robes: his mother holds him. Date: circa 1890

BABY LYING DOWN C1890
Vincent Hope Davenport, age three months, posing for a studio photograph in his white christening robes. Date: circa 1890

TURKISH BATH / DAVENPORT
Treatment taking place inside and Egyptian Turkish Bath. Date: circa 1800

Edwardian era house named as Oaklea, Davenport Park, Stockport, home of William Norfolk Battersby, hat manufacturer Date: 1906

Matthew Davenport Hill 2
MATTHEW DAVENPORT HILL Lawyer and law reformer in his judicial wig. with his autograph Date: 1792 - 1872

Matthew Davenport Hill
MATTHEW DAVENPORT HILL Lawyer and law reformer Date: 1792 - 1872

Davenport Brothers
The brothers William and Ira Davenport, pretending to be spirit mediums but actually clever stage magicians

Baby on Fur Rug Late 19C
Terence Hope Davenport, age ten months, lying on a fur rug in the photographers studio

Sailor / Britannia Pride
A typically heroic-looking British sailor. Date: circa 1850

Rear view of house
This is rear view of a house called Dunluce, in the Davenport area of Stockport in 1909. Date: 1909

View of house dated 1909
This is front view of a house called Dunluce, in the Davenport area of Stockport in 1909. Date: 1909

Elegant Edwardian couple with child outside house
A photograph of James Johnson Battersby and his wife Nancy (nee Nidd) on the steps of their house Dunluce in the Davenport area of Stockport. The child is James Larratt Battersby, their son

Fire at Derby silk mill
A fire takes hold of Joseph Davenports silk mill, in Albert Street, near the cornmarket, Derby. The fire started in the roof and the lower storeys were saved, but silk and machinery were damaged

George Davenport
The stage magician George Davenport (or Gilly-gilly ) in profile performing a cigarette lighting trick. Date: circa 1910

William Bromley-Davenport MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
WILLIAM BROMLY-DAVENPORT MP (1821-1884), British Member of Parliament for Warwickshire North. Caption: Clever Date: 1821 - 1884

Panorama of Rock Island, Ill. A seen from Davenport, Iowa

Panorama of Davenport, Iowa. As seen from the Harper-House, Rock-Island, Ill

Fanny Davenport. Date 1881

Callager & Shean, Inc. present The big banner show with Edna Davenport as Julie Bonbon in The girl from Paris. Date c1910

Libertys reception
From left to right, Daniel George, critic; Olivia Manning (1908 - 1980), novelist and poet; and Olga Edwardes (1915 - 2008), actress and artist (the latter under her married name of Olga Davenport)

A corner shop drug store (pharmacy), Davenport, Nebraska, America. Built in 1901, owned by C. C. Mcleese

Mediums William and Ira Davenport
Undated illustration of American mediums and spiritualists William and Ira Davenport. The Davenport Brothers were instrumental in building the popularity of the American Spiritualist movement prior

Cricketer, Bromley-Davenp
H.R. Bromley-Davenport Cricketer - Middlesex

Opening of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway
The South Devon and Tavistock Railway was inaugurated on the 21st June 1859. The event was celebrated with great festivity as the opening of the line would benefit greatly the trade between Plymouth

Davenport Publicity
The World-Renowned DAVENPORT BROTHERS will appear in their Extraordinary Wonders at Pikes Opera Hall, Cincinnati - mediumship ? or magic ?

Massage / Egypt / Davenport
Treatment taking place inside and Egyptian Turkish Bath

Poster: Davenport Seance
A poster giving the synopsis of an evening of entertainment including two demonstration seances by Ira Davenport & Fay who pretended to be spirit mediums but used stage tricks

Davenport Leaflet Russia
A handbill for seances in Russia by brothers William and Ira Davenport who pretended to be spirit mediums but were actually clever stage magicians

Lizzie Davenport
Lizzie (mrs Blandy), sister of stage magicians William & Ira Davenport, seeing what money was to be made, went into show business too, advertising seances at Boston

Davenport Poster
Poster for the brothers William and Ira Davenport, who pretended to be spirit mediums but were actually clever stage magicians

Davenports in Poland
Stage magicians William and Ira Davenport toured the world pretending to be spirit mediums : a poster for their performances in Poland

Samuel Johnson / Davenport
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Racial Type / Man 19C
A typical middle-class Victorian man, probably Mr Davenport of Macclesfield

Racial Type / Lady 19C
A typical middle-class Victorian woman, member of the Davenport family of Macclesfield

Belize / Davenport
Port of Belize (Balize) in what was British Hondurus. Troops watch as locals move about on rafts possibly made from the main export logwood used in the dyeing industry

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