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Science / Gillray SatireNew Discoveries in Pneumaticks! A satire on the Royal Institution: Thomas Young experiments on Hippisley, Humphry Davy at the bellows, Rumford by the door
Colonel Crockett. David Crockett, holding up hat and rifle, with three dogs. Date c1839
DAVY CROCKETT 1786-1836DAVY CROCKETT American backwoodsman, hunter, magistrate and legislator who became a revered figure in the US political world before his death defending the Alamo
Winching men up from the coalface - Wales. Note the Davy lamp hanging off the belt of the man in the centre. Date: circa 1910s
England / Penzance 1950SMarket Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall, England. The building with Ionic columns is the Market House, with the statue of Sir Humphry Davy, born in Penzance, in front
Humphry Davy / World InvtSIR HUMPHRY DAVY Engineer and inventor
Curie, Marie and PierreIn their laboratory in Paris shortly after being awarded the Davy medal for their work by the Royal Society
Davy CrockettDavid Crockett (1786 - 1836) - celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; referred to in popular culture as Davy Crockett
Market Jew Street with Davy statue, Penzance, CornwallMarket Jew Street with Humphry Davy statue, Penzance, Cornwall. The name of the street comes from the Cornish Marghas Yow, meaning Thursday Market. The scientist Humphry Davy was born in Penzance
Mining Safety LampsSafety lamps, invented by Davy in England and modified by Mueseler, in use in a French coal-mine
At the Coal Face / 1842By the light of a Davy safety lamp, two miners work at the coal face
Sir Humphry Davy in a mine with his safety lamp. circa 1815
Miner at work within the Great Harwood Colliery - digging our Cock Bridge House Coal " so much esteemed for us in Farm
Lords Of The AirAn illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Lords Of The Air, words and music by Michael North and Davy Burnaby. The image portrays a saluting young British military man. Date: 1939
DAVY CROCKETT DIESDAVY CROCKETT Davy Crockett dies at the Alamo. Date: 1786 - 1836
Rue Davy, Avenue de St Ouen, Paris, FranceRue Davy, off the Avenue de St Ouen, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s
Rue Davy from Rue Balagny, Paris, FranceRue Davy from the Rue Balagny, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s
The Company of the Co-optimists, October 1921Nine of the ten Co-Optimists, a variety revue in London. From left to right (top row) Phyllis Monkman, Laddie Cliff, Elsa Macfarlane, Stanley Holloway; (second row) Betty Chester
Davy Burnaby caricatured by GarrettoActor and entertainer George Davy Burnaby (1881 - 1949), caricatured by Garretto in The Bystander. Burnaby appeared in numerous films but was also well known for forming The Co-optimists a revue
The Alamo Monument in Austin, TexasA monument to the battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. A small obelisk sits on plinth decorated with a skull and cross bones, with the name Crockett engraved on it. Date: 1836
FALL / GREAT DANE / 1938CHLOE OF OUGHTON Owned by Davy. Head study. Date: 1938
SAFETY LAMP IN MINESafety lamps, invented by Davy in England and modified by Mueseler, in use in a French coal-mine Date: 19th century
The Worthing Pier Pavilion. Performing were the Co-Optimists, a variety revue from London starring: Laddie Cliff, Elsa Macfarlane, Stanley Holloway, Davy Burnaby, Melville Gideon, Babs Valerie
The Duchess of York at the Abercynon Colliery, South Wales - she is being shown a Davy Safety lamp (and how it works) by one of the miners Date: 1933
Davy Crockett Bear FightDAVY CROCKETT Armed with a knife and axe, Davy Crockett fights a bear. How the bear has annoyed him isn t clear, though a new jacket may be on the cards
Cerura vinula, puss mothWatercolour on paper, c.1831 by Elizabeth Davy (d.1836). From the Elizabeth Davy collection of Butterflies & moths. Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1831
Zonguldak, Turkey - MinersZonguldak (formerly Heraclea), a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. An important coal mining centre. Miners and general staff of the Goelik Coalmine
Christmas decorations and bank, Penzance, CornwallChristmas decorations looking nice in the twilight in Penzance, Cornwall, with a neoclassical Lloyds Bank building on the left. Date: circa 1980s
Music cover, Lords of the Air, WW2, words and music by Michael North and Davy Burnaby. 1939
Jacques Davy Du PerronJACQUES DAVY (or Davi) DU PERRON French churchman, cardinal archbishop of Sens, Grand Aumonier de France Date: 1556 - 1618
Sir H Davy / PenzanceSIR HUMPHRY DAVY Scientists birthplace in Penzance, Cornwall Date: 1778 - 1829
Shop window with model of German blockade, WWIA shop window of Messrs Bassett-Lowke, a model-makers in High Holborn showing a diorama of the results from Germanys blockade policy
Cartoon, Scientific Researches! New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air, by James Gillray
Pteronotus davyi fulvus, Davys naked-backed batA Davys naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi fulvus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway
Red Cloud: by Legal Tender, He by Davy Crockett, (pacer) Dams pedigree unknown. Date c1874
Gentleman holding up The Winning Post PaperA jolly gentleman (" Sir Davy" Stephens of Kingstown)holding up a poster for The Winning Post run by Roberts Sievier. He used the publication to attack those he disliked on the turf
Theatre, famous names of 1925 by NermanA series of caricatures of some of the most famous names of the London stage in 1925, including Austin Melford, Cicely James, Gilbert Childs, Anita Elson, Davy Burnaby, Betty Chester
Humphry Davy / ExperimentsHumphry Davy, whilst director of the laboratory of the Pneumatic Institution, Clifton, investigates the effects of nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
The Monks Rock, near the Faeroes, is a menace to shipping and has sent many a stout sailor to Davy Joness Locker
At the Coal Face / 1910Two hundred yards underground, two coal workers, Davy safety lamps at their side, undercut the coal face, preparing it for blasting
Davy Tests his LampHumphry Davy tests his safety lamp, designed to operate in gassy mines without fear of sparking an explosion
Davy / After LonsdaleSIR HUMPHRY DAVY Scientist
Davy / ThomsonSIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist
Davy / Roffe / LampSIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist (and his safety lamp)
Davy / PhillipsSIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist
Davy / Scriven / LawrenceSIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist
Davy / Thomson / LonsdaleSIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist
DAVY / POLLET / 1834SIR HUMPHRY DAVY Scientist