Dick Collection (page 6)

Vesta Tilley as Dick Whittington
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations

Allies of the Great War at the Alhambra, WW1
Actresses in costume representing, from left to right, Miss M Thorp as Russia, Miss Woodger as Belgium, Miss Dick as Britain (Britannia)

Patriotic tableau at the Alhambra, Defenders of Europe WW1
A scene from the patriotic revue, Not Likely, at the Alhambra theatre in Leicester Square, showing the Defenders of Europe, - Russia (Madge Thorpe), Britannia (Hilda Dick)

The Royal Air Force Memorial in silhouette
The Royal Air Force memorial, on the Embankment, London, captured in silhouette. Built in 1923, it is situated on the Victoria Embankment close to Cleopatras Needle

Whittington Statue
A statue depicting young Dick Whittington when he first came to London : who would guess that one day he would be Lord Mayor.. but such are the inscrutable ways of destiny. Date: ?1358 - 1423

Whittington Stone - Highgate Hill, London - where Dick Whittington heard the Bow Bells Date: circa 1940

Competition Wren No3 at English Electrics Dick Kerr Works
Competition Wren No3 inside English Electrics Dick, Kerr & Co Works, Strand Road, Preston, in June-July 1923. Date: 1923

Parthenos sylvia lilacinus, clipper butterfly
A subspecies of the clipper butterly from the Malay Peninsula. The clipper butterfly ranges from Sri Lanka, India and Thailand through Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Parthenos sylvia virens, clipper butterfly
A subspecies of clipper butterfly from southern India. The clipper butterfly ranges from Sri Lanka, India and Thailand through Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Salamis augustina vinsoni, Mauritaian mother of pearl butter
The last specimen of the Mauritaian mother of pearl butterfly ever seen, collected in 1757. Now considered to be extinct

Plaucopsyche lygdamus, xerces blue
A subspecies of Glaucopsyche lygdamus, now thought to be extinct. The most famous of all extinct butterflies is the xerces blue - it was native to the costal part of California

Doleschallia hexophthalmos, Autumn leaf butterfly
An unnatural event recorded in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. This autumn leaf had three antennae

Parthenos sylvia thesaurus, clipper butterfly
A subspecies of the clipper butterfly from Guadalcanal. The clipper butterfly ranges from Sri Lanka, India and Thailand through Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Polyommatus icarus, common blue
A female specimen of the common blue butterfly from England. In the common blue butterfly the males are always clear blue

Parthenos sylvia salentia, clipper butterfly

Dick Whittington and His Cat. Source unknown

Theatrical portraiture no. 4 - King Dick. Illustration shows an actor portraying Richard III in Shakespeares Henry VI, part 2. Date 1790 June 1

George M. Patchen, Brown Dick and Millers Dansel: in their splendid trotting contest for a purse of $500 - over the Union Course L.I. July 7th 1859. Date c1859

Mr. Frank Works team Edward and Dick Swiveller, driven by Mr. John Murphy, in their match against time, 2:20 to wagon, at the gentlemens driving park, Morissania, New York, July 13, 1882, time

Dick Ferris presents The Grace Hayward Co. Date c1900

Dick Ferris presents The Grace Hayward Co. a wonderful show at popular prices. Date c1900

Advertisement for railway equipment
Advertisement for W B Dick & Co of London, Manufacturers of Light Railways and Tramway Materials. Showing various railway items, with a depiction of Kerrs Patent Portable Railway at the centre

The Old Curiosity Shop, Swiveller in the public house
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

The Old Curiosity Shop, Dick Swiveller and Marchioness
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841. There she sat, intent upon her game

New Zealand Prime Minister - Rt. Hon. R J Seddon
New Zealand Prime Minister - Rt. Hon. Richard John Seddon P.C. (1845 - 1906) - a memorial card published on his death. Sometimes known as King Dick

The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Heath, London, historic watering hole of the famous, including Dick Turpin & Charles Dickens, who immortalised this pub in his Pickwick Papers. Date: late 16th century

England / Watford 1948
A birdseye view of The Parade and High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Note the Odeon Cinema, which is showing Station West. with Dick Powell and Jane Greer! Date: 1948

Dick Turpins Cell in the Debtors Prison (now a museum), York, Yorkshire, England. Known as Pompeys Parlour, this was the cell of Turpin, Eugene Aram &c Date: 1950s

Scout Log Cabin Rockerfeller Centre, New York
A log cabin (with roof and chinks fortified against wind and cold) erected by a Troop of Boy Scouts atop the 70th floor roof of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York

Dick Whittington by Charles Folkard. In a short time he had no further disturbance from the rats and mice. A fairy tale by Robert Southey 1923

Wildgoose family of swimmers
A family of swimmers, all in their swimming costumes: T Wildgoose, ex-1000 yards champion, with Emma (3), Alice (15 months) and Dick (4). Date: 1910s

Chatham Prison Riots - The Mess-house
The Mess-house at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham - where a riot broke out in early March 1861

Grave of a pet dog
The grave and headstone of a pet dog named Dick, who departed this life on 25 January 1907 at the age of eight. He was fed on milk and fish, and was very fat

Modern Athenians plate 15 - Edinburgh
Sir James Gibson-Craig (d. 1850) being greeted by Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder (d. 1848). Two Baronets familiar to Edinburgh, often seen in conversation

Tatler front-cover: Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers, the American film actress and dancer, in the role of Janie in Tom, Dick and Harry, a beautiful young lady who must choose between a millionaire, a car salesman and a mechanic

English vs. French Womens Football Match, 1920
Photograph showing an English team (left in striped shirts) from the Dick Kerr electrical works, Preston, and a French womens football team, prior to a match held at the Pershing Stadium, Paris

General Franco and his daughter, 1938
Photograph showing General Francisco Franco (1892-1975) and his daughter, Carmencita, with her dog, Dick, 1938. By 1938 Franco had become Leader of Nationalist Spain and his future

Cricketer, Pilling
Richard (Dick) Pilling Cricketer - Lancashire

Ra Roberts / Variety 1905
R A ROBERTS Music hall entertainer as Dick Turpin

Swiveller & Marchioness
Dick Swiveller is disturbed at his writing desk by The Marchioness, the poor little servant girl kept locked below stairs by the Brass family

Sir Richard Whittington
SIR RICHARD (DICK) WHITTINGTON Merchant and Lord Mayor of London

Whittington by Elstrack
SIR RICHARD (DICK) WHITTINGTON Merchant and Lord Mayor of London

Rj Seddon / Postcard
RICHARD JOHN SEDDON known as KING DICK New Zealand politician born in England

Rj Seddon / Vfair 1902
RICHARD JOHN SEDDON known as KING DICK New Zealand politician born in England

Jockey / Robert Dick 20C
Robert Dick, jockey, in the colours of Lord Astor

Puccini / Fanciulla / Fp
Minnie, the heroine, with Dick Johnson, the hero, in the desert

Whaling in the Pacific

Dickens / Curiosity Shop
Dick Swiveller - he inherits money from his aunt and puts Marchioness through school and later marries her

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