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English Collection (#90)

Background imageEnglish Collection: A rather grand-looking elderly lady going out for a spin in her bath chair along with her

A rather grand-looking elderly lady going out for a spin in her bath chair along with her daughter. She is wrapped up warm with furs, muff and elaborate black hat! Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEnglish Collection: Designs for a Channel Bridge by Sir Owen Williams

Designs for a Channel Bridge by Sir Owen Williams. Date: 1960

Background imageEnglish Collection: Ightham Mote, Kent - The Chapel Doorway

Ightham Mote, Kent - The Chapel Doorway
Ightham Mote, Kent - a medieval moated manor house - The Chapel Doorway. Date: 1902

Background imageEnglish Collection: Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). A portrait by Leslie Brooke (1862-1940) of an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist born in India

Background imageEnglish Collection: Henry H La Thangue

Henry H La Thangue
A sketch of Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859-1929). An English realist rural landscape painter associated with the Newlyn School

Background imageEnglish Collection: The Warren and Peon Olva Rocks, St. Ives, Cornwall

The Warren and Peon Olva Rocks, St. Ives, Cornwall
circa 1910s

Background imageEnglish Collection: Glen, Frome, Stapleton, Bristol

Glen, Frome, Stapleton, Bristol
circa 1910s

Background imageEnglish Collection: The English portrait painter John S. Eland painting

The English portrait painter John S. Eland painting the spirit of the dance represented by Dorothy Dilley seen in the Music Box Revue, New York, 1924 Date: 1924

Background imageEnglish Collection: Anton Dolin, the English ballet dancer who had

Anton Dolin, the English ballet dancer who had appeared at Covent Garden with the Diaghileff Ballet, 1929 Date: 1929

Background imageEnglish Collection: The dancer Anton Dolin, who appeared in Lew Leslie s

The dancer Anton Dolin, who appeared in Lew Leslie s
The dancer Anton Dolin, who appeared in Lew Leslies International Revue and then toured England and France, 1930 Date: 1930

Background imageEnglish Collection: The 24 Mangan-Tillerettes - an English dancing

The 24 Mangan-Tillerettes - an English dancing troupe appearing on the European Paramount Film Theatre chain, 1930 Date: 1930

Background imageEnglish Collection: c. 1880s india - English man and woman on camel

c. 1880s india - English man and woman on camel
c.1880s india - English man and woman mounted on camel

Background imageEnglish Collection: c. 1860s - English rural scene - farmer on gate by river

c. 1860s - English rural scene - farmer on gate by river
c.1860s - English rural scene - farmer on gate by river

Background imageEnglish Collection: English Club at kobe, Japan

English Club at kobe, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageEnglish Collection: Bill Edrich and Denis Compton coming out to bat at Lords Cricket ground during

Bill Edrich and Denis Compton coming out to bat at Lords Cricket ground during the legendary summer of 1947 when Compton scored 3, 816 runs and Edrich 3, 539. Date: 1947

Background imageEnglish Collection: A young lady sat in a neat garden in a canvas-backed chair

A young lady sat in a neat garden in a canvas-backed chair
insertcaption Date: circa 1920s

Background imageEnglish Collection: Sir John Martin-Harvey as Joseph Lesurques

Sir John Martin-Harvey as Joseph Lesurques
Sir John Martin-Harvey (1863-1944), Actor and theatre manager

Background imageEnglish Collection: Connie Ediss (Ada Harriet Coates) - English actress

Connie Ediss (Ada Harriet Coates) - English actress
Connie Ediss (Ada Harriet Coates) (1871-1934) - English actress best known as a jovial comedian in many of the popular Edwardian musical comedies around the turn of the 20th century

Background imageEnglish Collection: F. J. Furnivall Frederick James Furnivall FBA (1825 - 1910), English philologist

F. J. Furnivall Frederick James Furnivall FBA (1825 - 1910), English philologist
Frederick James Furnivall FBA (1825 - 1910), English philologist, best known as one of the co-creators of the New English Dictionary

Background imageEnglish Collection: Ethel Smyth

Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944), English composer and a member of the womens suffrage movement. 1902

Background imageEnglish Collection: A Young boy playing cricket in a suburban garden - he awaits for a delivery to arrive

A Young boy playing cricket in a suburban garden - he awaits for a delivery to arrive... Date: circa 1920

Background imageEnglish Collection: Whitehall Stairs

Whitehall Stairs
View of Whitehall Stairs leading up from the River Thames to the The Palace of Whitehall at Westminster, was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: Mrs Thrales house

Mrs Thrales house
View of Mrs Thrales house in Streatham. Hester Lynch Thrale (1740/41-1821) was a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts

Background imageEnglish Collection: Grove Hill, Camberwell

Grove Hill, Camberwell
View of Dr Lettsoms house. John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was an English physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands into an early Quaker settlements

Background imageEnglish Collection: Greenwich Palace

Greenwich Palace
The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially built by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443

Background imageEnglish Collection: Bermondsey Abbey

Bermondsey Abbey
View of Bermondsey Abbey in 1790. It was an English Benedictine monastery. Most widely known as an 11th-century foundation, it had a precursor mentioned in the early eighth century

Background imageEnglish Collection: Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (1572-1637) was an English playwright and poet, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: John Gower

John Gower (1340-1408) was an English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and the Pearl Poet, and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: Dr Isaac Watts Monument

Dr Isaac Watts Monument
The monument to Sir Issac Watts at Abney Park cemetary. He was one of Stoke Newingtons most notable former residents. Dr Watts is a famous nonconformist English Christian minister

Background imageEnglish Collection: Balmes House

Balmes House
View of Balmes House, Hoxton, in 1750, formerly the residence of Sir George Whitmore (d.1654), an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1631

Background imageEnglish Collection: Vane House, Hampstead

Vane House, Hampstead
View of Vane House in 1800, home of Sir Harry Vane (1613-1662), a leading Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: Mrs Siddons House 1800

Mrs Siddons House 1800
View of Mrs Siddons house at Westbourne Green in 1800. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) was a Welsh-born English actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: Sir Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele, pseud. Isaac Bickerstaff, (1672-1729) was an English essayist, dramatist, journalist, and politician, best known as principal author (with Joseph Addison)

Background imageEnglish Collection: Meux Brewery

Meux Brewery
The Horse Shoe Brewery was an English brewery located in central London. It was established in 1764 and became a major producer of porter. The brewery was closed in 1921. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: Langham House

Langham House
A view of Langham House, situated on the east side of Portland Place and home of Sir James Langham, an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1662

Background imageEnglish Collection: Samuel Rogers house

Samuel Rogers house facing Green Park. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated

Background imageEnglish Collection: Nell Gwynnes house

Nell Gwynnes house
View of Nell Gwynnes house in 1820. Nell Gwynne (1650-1687) was an acclaimed actress, one of the first English actresses and a mistress of King Charles II of England. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: JMW Turner

JMW Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775-1851), known contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: Sir Benjamin Brodie

Sir Benjamin Brodie
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783-1862) 1st Baronet, an English physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease. Date: 1875

Background imageEnglish Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday FRS (1791-1867), an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry

Background imageEnglish Collection: Sir Francis Burdett

Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), 5th Baronet, was an English reformist politician, the son of Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire

Background imageEnglish Collection: Samuel Rogers

Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Romantic colleagues and friends Wordsworth

Background imageEnglish Collection: Vesper sparrow, grasshopper sparrow and field sparrow

Vesper sparrow, grasshopper sparrow and field sparrow
Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus 1, grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum 2 and field sparrow, Spizella pusilla 3. Vesper sparrow, yellow-winged sparrow and field sparrow

Background imageEnglish Collection: Skating, the Hard Frost and the Fire-plug

Skating, the Hard Frost and the Fire-plug. Apprentices and dandies ice skating on a frozen canal 82, woman with kettle at a frozen waterpump in a cold winter 83

Background imageEnglish Collection: Watering the Streets, Little Boy at the Crossing

Watering the Streets, Little Boy at the Crossing and the Flowerpot Man. Man spreading water on the streets in front of a butchers shop 76

Background imageEnglish Collection: Waterman, Ticket Porter, Fellowship Porter, Coachstand

Waterman, Ticket Porter, Fellowship Porter, Coachstand and New Milk from the Cow. Waterman, Ticket Porter and Fellowship Porter 79

Background imageEnglish Collection: Charing Cross, Carlton House and the Quadrant, Regent Street

Charing Cross, Carlton House and the Quadrant, Regent Street. Statue of King Charles I by Le Sueur at Charing Cross 70, Carlton House by architect Henry Holland demolished in 1826 71

Background imageEnglish Collection: The General Post-Office, Southwark Bridge and Waterloo

The General Post-Office, Southwark Bridge and Waterloo Bridge. Stage coach in front of the General Post-Office in St. Martins le Grand 64



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