English Collection (page 7)

The English Promenade - Nice, France circa 1930s

Hundred Years War. 1337 to 1453. Battle. Miniature. 15th c
Hundred Years War. Conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453, pitted the Kingdom of England against the Valois Capetians for control of the French throne. Battle. Miniature. 15th century

Thomas Goodwin / Caldwell
THOMAS GOODWIN English clergyman Date: 1600 - 1680

A biplane and a steam train
Speed on the rails and in the air. A biplane flying over a steam train - the London Express - about to disappear into a tunnel. Date: 1928

English Electric Canberra B2 WH713
English Electric Canberra B2, WH713, was powered by two Bristol Siddeley Olympus turbojets

AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). English novelist. Engraving

John Ruskin Selfportrait
JOHN RUSKIN English art critic and writer as a young man. Date: 1819 - 1900

The great international university boat race On the river Thames (England) from Putney to Mortlake 4 miles 2 furlongs August 27th 1869

Poster advertising Rambles in Somerset

England / Rickmansworth
A solitary vehicle leaving Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, in the days when it was more like a country lane. Date: 1950s

Snowy Yorkshire
Winter snow scene, taken from the churchyard of Crayke village, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s

Richmond Green Cricket
A civilised game of English cricket on Richmond Green, Surrey. Date: 1950s

Cumbria Ramblers
Three ramblers stop to admire the view of the Newlands Valley, Cumbria, England, with the peaks of Hindscarth and Robinson Fell towering impressively above the valley. Date: 1930s

England / Bungay
The Market Square at Bungay, Suffolk, England, showing the interesting 17th century Butter Cross, and some of the ancient townhouses. Date: 1930s

Coliseum, London
The London Coliseum, on St Martins Lane, London, now the home of English National Opera (ENO). The memorial statue to Edith Cavell is in the foreground left. Date: 1947

Gather ye roses while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. 20th century

Gertie Millar. Actress. One the most famous English singer-actresses the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies

Game of Billiards 1901
A game of billiards in an English country house Date: 1901

Saffron Walden by Madge Howard
Saffron Walden in Essex, East Anglia, UK, featuring a street of half-timbered houses with pageting (the decorative plaster work typical of the region) covered with snow on a peaceful starry evening

Walter Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert (1860 - 1942), English Impressionist painter in middle age

Lion & Unicorn Pavilion
The Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the South Bank Exhibition, containing exhibits on the use of the English language, growth of British parliamentary government, etc

Grinling Gibbons / Evelyn
GRINLING GIBBONS English woodcarver and sculptor, with John Evelyn at the door, about to discover him

Beckford / Fonthill Abbey
WILLIAM BECKFORD Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, built at enormous expense by the English writer, art collector and eccentric

Siegfried Sassoon / Philpo
SIEGFRIED SASSOON English writer of poetry and prose

Sir George Newnes
SIR GEORGE NEWNES English publisher and Liberal MP

John Keats / Last Illness
JOHN KEATS English poet during his last illness

Sayers V Heenan 1860
English champion Tom Sayers fights the American challenger for the belt. Unresolved, the fight is stopped by the police

Spooner / Cricketer
R H Reggie Spooner, English cricketer

Markham / Percival Gull
Beryl Markham, English pioneer aviator, and her Percival Gull: she was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from London to North America

Francis Drake / Miniature
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE English admiral and circumnavigator of the world

Hever Castle, Kent

Pensions Introduced
The scene at an English Post Office, when old age pensioners call in for the first time to receive their government pension

Cuthbert Collingwood
LORD CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD English naval commander. Took command on Nelsons death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Foxhound (Book of Dog)
Foxhound in the field

CATHERINE PARR 1512-1548
CATHERINE PARR Sixth wife of Henry VIII of England, married in 1543

Reformation in England
Title-page of a history of the Reformation in England : Henry VIII defies the pope, Edward VI prays, Mary burns Ridley, Latimer, Cranmer; Elizabeth sets all right

Black Prince & Jean II
Jean II of France yields himself prisoner to Edward, the Black Prince, after the English forces defeat the French at the battle of Poitiers

John Cowper Powys
JOHN COWPER POWYS English Author of novels such as Owen Glendower (1940), poetry, philosophical and critical works

Fairfax and Council
Fairfax and the military council

Ranjitsinhji / Spy / V. Fair
Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Rajput nobleman and English cricketer who played for Sussex

French View / English Bdog
The French view of the Englishman and his bulldog

Lord Byron in 1826
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON English poet as a supporter of Greek independence in 1826

Ws Gilbert / Eglington
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan

Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist

Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917), English poet and critic, killed in the battle of Arras

Saturday shopping by F. C. Twort
A busy marketplace scene in a British town during the 1930s. Shoppers mill around various stalls while the pub is open for business. Date: 1935

Edgar Wallace - Film Photo
Edgar Wallace (1875 - 1932) English writer of popular thrillers, directing the film Red Aces at Beaconsfield in 1929 1929

Arnold Bennett
ENOCH ARNOLD BENNETT English novelist, dramatist and critic Date: 1867 - 1931

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