Dutch Collection (page 3)

Tulipa sp. tulips
Watercolour on paper, 1800s by Maria Geertruida Barbiers (nee Snabilie) (1773-1838). From the Dutch collection of Botanical drawings. Held in the Library and Archives

Siege of Groll
Dutch forces, assisted by the English, under prince Frederik Henrik, besiege Groll : after a month-long siege the Spanish are compelled to evacuate the town. Date: 19 July - 19 August 1627

Rembrandt and Saskia
REMBRANDT VAN RHYN Dutch artist depicted with his wife Saskia Date: 1606 - 1669

Fokker CVII-W advanced training seaplane of the Royal Dutch Naval Air Force. 1928. Date: 1928

Gerard Callenburg
GERARD CALLENBURG Dutch naval commander Date: 18TH CENTURY

Lute Music by the Canal, Hendrick Sorgh
A lute player entertains a lady in a Dutch interior, seventeenth century. Date: 1939

Plants / Crocus
on Left, Crocus Vernus (Dutch Crocus) on Right, Crocus Sativus (Saffron Crocus)

Damiatenbrug, Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
Damiatenbrug (Damiate Bridge), Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1910s

An alphabet of Dutch Dolls
Wooden Dutch dolls are contorted into the letters of the alphabet, showing off their supple wooden joints. 1912

The Korenbeurs of Groningen, The Netherlands
The Korenbeurs of Groningen (The Netherlands) is a beautiful building on the west side of the fish market (Vismarkt). With its striking neoclassical facade

Sweets for the Sweet - Dutch children kissing
Two dutch children share a kiss. Date: circa 1910s

Dutch poster advertising a National Collection on behalf of the Fatherland (ie the German Reich), during the Second World War. May 1944

Ironing Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl tries to iron a sheet, but a little boy has his arm round her and is trying to kiss her

Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor

Mending Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl sits mending a little boys breeches, while he stands uncomfortably with a towel round his waist

Flowers for the Millers Daughter by Florence Hardy
A young Dutch boy climbs the steps of a windmill to deliver a bouquet of flowers to a young millers daughter

At Eve I Bring Thee Roses by Florence Hardy
A young Dutch girl sits by a spinning wheel while her suitor peers through the window having presented her with a bouquet of red roses

Rendering Whale Oil
Rendering whale oil in Holland

England / Canvey Island
The old sea wall which encircles Canvey Island, Essex, at the mouth of the River Thames. The wall was built about 1623 by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyder

Philips Lamp Advert
A girl in Dutch costume lights a Philips lamp simply by holding it

East India Co. Meeting
A meeting of the Dutch East India Company

Dutch Girl (Hardy)
A Dutch girl in traditional costume

Bristol / Dutch House 1927
Bristol: the Dutch House

Erasmus / Scriven / Penn
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist

Beatrix / Dutch / 1956
BEATRIX, QUEEN OF HOLLAND Seen here on the right, with her sisters Irene, Mary Christina and Margaret

JOHN DUDLEY (1502-1553)
Duke of Northumberland and Earl of Warwick, John Dudley Father-In-Law of Lady Jane Grey

Prince Sailing Ship
Warship of the Royal Navy, which will take part in the battle of Sole Bay, 28 May 1672, when the English and French fight the Dutch with heavy losses on both sides

Music / Military / German ?
Three musicians - probably German, but they could be Dutch or Belgian - play a piccolo, a cornet and a drum respectively

C17th Fire Engine / Dutch
An early fire engine in use in Holland. The first flexible hose was invented by Jan van der Heijden in 1672 in the Netherlands, and a pre-cursor of this may be shown here

Dutch in Indonesia
The establishment of Dr Toussaint at Gadok, Dutch East Indies

Leeuwenhoek & Microbe
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK Dutch naturalist, depicted discovering the microbe

Household / Sewing (C17)
Two Dutch women sewing

Battle of Portland 1653
BATTLE OF PORTLAND (Three-days battle), 1st Anglo-Dutch War. Robert Blake & fleet of the Commonwealth of England attack Dutch under Maarten Tromp who suffered heavy losses

Ter Heyde Battle 1653
A sea fight between the English and the Dutch off the coast of Ter Heyde

Badger Rams U-Boat 1914
British destroyer Badger rams and damages a U-boat off the Dutch coast

Jacobus Henricus Van t Hoff
JACOBUS HENRICUS VAN T HOFF Dutch chemist

Garden Tools, Spades, Forks, Hoes, Shears, Rakes and Knives. 19th century

King George VI with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and Queen Mary during a recent visit by Queen Wilhelmina of Holland

Delftware plate
Tin-glazed earthenware plate with a scallop border painted in blue with a central design of a seated figure in a landscape, made in the Netherlands c.1760-1770. Date: c.1760-1770

Charge of French cavalry at the Battle of Neerwinden or Landen, in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), 29 July 1693, part of the Nine Years War (1688-1697). Date: 1693

Oil Refinery at Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island
circa 1910s

First published illustration of a dodo by van Neck, 1601
Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Necks Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius, dodo bird (2) and extinct giant tortoise, Cylindras inepta (1)

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and Prince Consort
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and the Prince Consort, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. circa 1900s

Dutch wartime poster -- Be Brave, Be Stormers. Showing a young cadet in uniform, carrying a flag. Date: 1940s

ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT DUNCAN OF CAMPERDOWN British Admiral - defeats the Dutch fleet under Admiral de Winter off Camperdown, 11 October 1797 Date: 1731 - 1804

JAN WILLEM DE WINTER Dutch Admiral Hands over his sword after his defeat at the hands of the British off Camperdown, 11 October 1797 Date: 1761 - 1812

CAMPERDOWN Viscount Duncans victory and Admiral de Winters resignation on board the Venerable. British defeat of the Dutch fleet. Date: 11 October 1797

POPE HADRIANUS VI (Adriaan Dedel) the only Dutch pope Date: reigned 1522 - 1523

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