Downey Collection

Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora - photograph by Downey
Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora - photograph by Messrs Downey. Date: 1894

Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864 - 1892) - elder son of Edward VII, died of pneumonia aged 28. Date: circa 1890

Queen Alexandra - Downey Photograph on a postcard
Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia - 18441925) - Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Empress of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII

Portrait of Oscar Wilde - Irish Playwright sitting in chair
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) - Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. circa 1885

Royal Wedding 1896 -- Princess Maud of Wales
Prince Charles (or Carl) of Denmark, later King Haakon VII, King of Norway, and Princess Maud of Wales (1869-1938), youngest daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

Queen Alexandra / Downey
ALEXANDRA QUEEN TO EDWARD VII Photographed in 1891

CV Stanford - Downey cab
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) Irish musician

th Huxley / Downey Photo
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY English scientist and champion of Darwins Theory of Evolution

Nicolas Ii / Downey 1894
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Tsar Nicolas II Ruled 1894-1917

Disraeli / Downey Photo
BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1st Earl of Beaconsfield English politician and author

King Edward VII on his death bed
King Edward VII (1841-1910) on his death bed in May 1910. Death-bed photographs were common on the Continent but almost unknown in this country

Locomotive by Robert Stephenson & Co, 1833. For the Saratoga & Schenectady Railroad. Date: circa 1900

Cinderella at the London Hippodrome, 1900-01
Illustration summarising the delights of the newly-opened London Hippodromes first annual pantomime - Cinderella - which the management claimed was the most expensive ever to be staged

Marceline the Droll & Otto Twigg, London Hippodrome
Marceline the Droll, the Spanish clown who who performed at the London Hippodrome in the first three years of it opening in 1900. Pictured with the Hippodromes ring master Mr Otto Twigg. Date: 1901

Performers emerge from the water tank, London Hippodrome
Horses and riders, performing in the water jump hunting scene at the London Hippodrome, emerge from the tank to cheers from the enthusiastic audience. Date: 1901

Tally ho at the London Hippodrome, through the splash pane
The grand finale of Tally-ho, the latest water spectacle at the London Hippodrome as viewed by the audience through the splash pane - glass barriers, which rose up to encircle the arena

MAUDE MILLETT / DOWNEY
MAUDE MILLETT Actress Date: 1890

BRITON RIVIERE / DOWNEY
BRITON RIVIERE British artist Date: 1840 -

Boeing Airplane Company engineers Gary Graham, left, an?
Boeing Airplane Company engineers Gary Graham, left, and Peter Downey examined segments of a model of a manned orbital research station which Boeing made public for the first time on 3 September

Miss Fanny Brough - French-born British Stage Actress
Miss Fanny Brough (1852-1914) - Paris-born British Stage Actress. She created the title role in G B Shaws Mrs Warrens Profession (1902). Date: circa 1902

A Young Edward, Prince of Wales
Prince Edward of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor, pictured in 1911 in a woollen suit. Edward attended the Royal Naval College at Osborne on the Isle of Wight together

George, Prince of Wales (later King George V). Seen here in Vice-Admirals uniform. Date: 1903

Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), English scientist, champion of Darwins Theory of Evolution. Date: late 19th century

Queen Victoria in old age. 1897

Blakie (Downey Photo)
JOHN STUART BLACKIE Scottish classical scholar. Date: 1809 - 1895

Teesdale - Downey
Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale (1833 - 1893) Soldier, seen here in civilian dress

John Morley / Visc / Downey
John, viscount MORLEY statesman and writer Date: 1838 - 1923

Leighton / Downey Photo
FREDERICK, LORD LEIGHTON English artist and President of the Royal Academy in later life Date: 1830 - 1896

Ira David Sankey / Downey
IRA DAVID SANKEY the American evangelist Date: 1840 - 1908

Max Muller (Downey)
FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER German-born orientalist in Britain Date: 1823 - 1900

Lyon Playfair / Downey 92
SIR LYON PLAYFAIR Scientist Date: 1818 - 1898

Lewis Morris / Downey Phot
LEWIS MORRIS Writer and educationist Date: 1833 - 1907

Edmund Du Cane / Downey
EDMUND FREDERICK DU CANE Military, and prison reformer; inspector-general of military prisons and chairman of directors of convict prisons Date: 1830 - 1903

Joseph Joachim / Downey
JOSEPH JOACHIM Hungarian violinist and composer Date: 1831 - 1907

Frank Dicksee
FRANK DICKSEE Artist : Royal Academician Date: 1853 - 1928

Sidney Webb (Downey)
SIDNEY WEBB economist and social theorist Date: 1859-1947

Henry a Jones
HENRY ARTHUR JONES (1851 - 1929), English playwright 1893

Joseph Robert Diggle
JOSEPH ROBERT DIGGLE Churchman and educator, Chairman of the London School Board : photo in 1892. Date: 1845 - 1917

Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey. Photo: W & D Downey Date: circa 1895

George V / Downey / Cabinet
GEORGE V as Prince of Wales in 1890 Date: 1865 - 1936

Helena / Downey / 1891
HELENA AUGUSTA VICTORIA 3rd daughter of Queen Victoria Date: 1846 - 1923

Ch Parry / Downey Photo
CHARLES HUBERT PARRY English composer, photographed in 1893. Date: 1848 - 1918

Prince Charles of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales
Prince Charles of Denmark, later King Haakon VII, King of Norway and Princess Maud of Wales (1869-1938), youngest daughter of Edward VII. Front cover engraving from a photograph by W. and D

Connaught / Arthur / Downey
ARTHUR DUKE OF CONNAUGHT 3rd son of Victoria

Frank Lockwood / Downey
SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD lawyer who defended Charles Peace (unsuccessfully), solicitor-general

Luke Fildes / Downey
LUKE FILDES English artist

Mrs Humphry Ward (Downey
Mary Augusta, mrs HUMPHRY WARD writer, niece of Matthew Arnold, opponent of womens suffrage

John Burns / Downey
JOHN ELLIOT BURNS English labour leader

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