Skip to main content

Fictional Collection

Background imageFictional Collection: LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1928, Dockhead fire station replaced two older Bermondsey fire stations that were closed down

Background imageFictional Collection: Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens

Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens
Illustration showing the statue of Peter Pan, sculpted by Sir George Frampton and erected in Kensington Gardens, London, on 1 May 1912. Date: c.1920

Background imageFictional Collection: LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey SE1

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey SE1
Opened in 1928, Dockhead fire station was also the fictional fire station Blackwall in the highly acclaimed London Weekend Television series Londons Burning (1998-2002)

Background imageFictional Collection: Hercule Poirot, 1923

Hercule Poirot, 1923
Portrait of the fictional Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, published in The Sketch in 1923. At that time Agatha Christie was regularly published in The Sketch and this painting of her character

Background imageFictional Collection: Princess Caraboo by Fortunino Matania

Princess Caraboo by Fortunino Matania
Mary Baker (n饠 Willcocks) (1791-1864) a Devonshire cobblers daughter and noted impostor. Posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo

Background imageFictional Collection: The Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig

The Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig
" The Next Haig Convention" By the 23rd of October, Britain could almost taste victory and this picture by Arthur Ferrier, showing a cowed Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig

Background imageFictional Collection: Georges Melies

Georges Melies
GEORGES MELIES French film director (on the left); first to film fictional narratives using scripts etc. Photographed here with his collaborator, EMILE COLE

Background imageFictional Collection: Anna Karenina / Portrait

Anna Karenina / Portrait
Illustration of Leo Tolstoys fictional character Anna Karenina

Background imageFictional Collection: Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Old enough

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Old enough
Old enough to know better (The Marquis of Capricorne) This old goat, holding a poesy of flowers and possibly on his way to court a lady friend casts the shadow of a ram

Background imageFictional Collection: Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Trumpet

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Trumpet
Blowing his own trumpet. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow and Substance, 1860

Background imageFictional Collection: Eleanor Rumming, the famous alewife of England

Eleanor Rumming, the famous alewife of England
Eleanor Rumming, the (fictional) famous alewife of England, illustration to a poem by John Skelton, Poet Laureate to King Henry VIII. 16th century

Background imageFictional Collection: Woolbridge Manor House, near Lulworth, Dorset

Woolbridge Manor House, near Lulworth, Dorset
Woolbridge Manor House, just outside the village of Wool, near Lulworth, Dorset. It was the inspiration for Wellbridge House

Background imageFictional Collection: Alican Land

Alican Land
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image shows the fictional setting. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageFictional Collection: WW2 - Wanda And Sir Maxwell

WW2 - Wanda And Sir Maxwell
A WW2 short story illustration which shows a fictional military officer speaking with some women, one if holding a terrier. Date: circa 1940

Background imageFictional Collection: WW2 - The Ravensdale Mystery

WW2 - The Ravensdale Mystery
A WW2 short story illustration which shows a fictional military man greeting his daughter. Date: circa 1940

Background imageFictional Collection: WW2, Jackie Saves An Airman

WW2, Jackie Saves An Airman
This illustration shows Jackie, a fictional WW2 lady of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, bravely pulling a British airman away from his flaming wreck of a plane. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageFictional Collection: WW2, At The Carriage Windows

WW2, At The Carriage Windows
This illustration shows Jackie and Pam, some fictional WW2 ladies of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, approaching a train carriage, British Army servicemen are reaching out of the windows

Background imageFictional Collection: WW2, Jackie Serving Tea

WW2, Jackie Serving Tea
This illustration shows Jackie, a fictional character from a WW2 story book, she serves for the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, offering tea to some servicemen

Background imageFictional Collection: Don Quixote And Sancho Panza

Don Quixote And Sancho Panza
An album sketch portraying Sancho Panza, a fictional character from Don Quixote a novel written by Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605

Background imageFictional Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 1

Everybody's Underground Part 1
Part one of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageFictional Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 3

Everybody's Underground Part 3
Part three of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageFictional Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 2

Everybody's Underground Part 2
Part two of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageFictional Collection: Miss Winifred Emery as Lady Teazle

Miss Winifred Emery as Lady Teazle
Miss Winifred Emery playing Lady Teazle, born Maud Isabel Emery (August 1861- July 1924). She was an English actress and actor-manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Background imageFictional Collection: Alec Guinness (1914 - 2000) portraying G. K. Chesterton's sleuth Father Brown in the 1954 film of

Alec Guinness (1914 - 2000) portraying G. K. Chesterton's sleuth Father Brown in the 1954 film of the same name. In the United States the film was marketed under the title "The

Background imageFictional Collection: Boeing-Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet G-BRSK

Boeing-Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet G-BRSK
Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet G-BRSK (msn 75-1180, Model B75N1, ex BuAer number 3403), painted as a United States Navy (USN) N2S-3, call-sign 205, with fictional BuAer number 3166

Background imageFictional Collection: Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet G-BRUJ

Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet G-BRUJ (msn 75-4299, Model A75N1, 42-16136 / 6136'), painted as a United States Navy (USN) N2S-3, call-sign 205, with fictional BuAer number 3166

Background imageFictional Collection: Knight of the Red Cross

Knight of the Red Cross
Red Cross Knight, a fictional character, is the protagonist of Book I of The Faerie Queene (1590), an epic poem by Edmund Spenser

Background imageFictional Collection: Unknown gecko species and giant leaf-tailed gecko

Unknown gecko species and giant leaf-tailed gecko
Unknown gecko species from Arabia (Scollop-tailed gecko, Lacerta caudiverbera), and giant leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus fimbriatus (fimbriated gecko, Stellio fimbriatus)

Background imageFictional Collection: Don Sancho Panza, Governor of Barataria

Don Sancho Panza, Governor of Barataria
Senor Don Sancho Panza, Governor of Barataria, by John Gilbert RA. circa 1872

Background imageFictional Collection: Hungry Peter dressing as the Fat Boy in Pickwick

Hungry Peter dressing as the Fat Boy in Pickwick
Hungry Peter dressing for a fancy dress ball as the Fat Boy in Pickwick -- he is finding the breeches rather tight, but then that is the general idea. Date: 1914

Background imageFictional Collection: DANCE / ROGER DE COVERLEY

DANCE / ROGER DE COVERLEY
It may look like Oranges and Lemons but actually theyre performing the Sir Roger de Coverley dance named for the fictional country squire created by Joseph Addison. Date: 1884

Background imageFictional Collection: Baron Munchausen is towed through the air by ducks

Baron Munchausen is towed through the air by ducks
Baron Munchausen is towed through the air by a flight of friendly ducks. A fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book. Date: circa 1910

Background imageFictional Collection: Princess Caraboo and Napoleon by Fortunino Matania

Princess Caraboo and Napoleon by Fortunino Matania
Mary Baker (n饠 Willcocks) (1791-1864) a Devonshire cobblers daughter and noted impostor. Posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo

Background imageFictional Collection: Abel Fletchers Mill - Abbey Mill, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershi

Abel Fletchers Mill - Abbey Mill, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershi
Abel Fletchers Mill - Abbey Mill, Tewkesbury, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The fictional Abel Fletchers Mill in Dinah Craiks novel John Halifax

Background imageFictional Collection: Eve, columnist for The Tatler magazine

Eve, columnist for The Tatler magazine
Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine who was the alter-ego of Olivia Maitland-Davidson. Eve first appeared in The Tatler on 20 May 1914 (pictured here)

Background imageFictional Collection: Sir George Frampton in studio with Peter Pan statue

Sir George Frampton in studio with Peter Pan statue
Sir George Frampton pictured in his studio with a sculpture of Peter Pan, the famous fictional creation of J. M. Barrie. The sculpture was erected in Kensington Gardens on 1 May 1912

Background imageFictional Collection: Jeeves, manservant to Bertie Wooster

Jeeves, manservant to Bertie Wooster
Jeeves, the fictional manservant to Bertie Wooster, as depicted in an illustration for Thank You Jeeves!. Date: First published: 1933

Background imageFictional Collection: Illustration to The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott

Illustration to The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott
Illustration to The Abbot, a novel by Sir Walter Scott set at the time of Mary, Queen of Scots - Roland Graeme Rescuing Henry Seyton. 1820-1824

Background imageFictional Collection: Conan Doyle

Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), British writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. 1897

Background imageFictional Collection: If London were like Venice - Bank and Royal Exchange

If London were like Venice - Bank and Royal Exchange
Spectacular scene of Bank and The Royal Exchange if London were like Venice. Date: 1899

Background imageFictional Collection: If London were like Venice - St. Pauls Cathedral

If London were like Venice - St. Pauls Cathedral
Spectacular scene of what St. Pauls Cathedral would look like if London were like Venice Date: 1899

Background imageFictional Collection: If London were like Venice - St. Pancras Station

If London were like Venice - St. Pancras Station
Spectacular scene of what St. Pancras Station would look like if London were like Venice. Date: 1899

Background imageFictional Collection: If London were like Venice - Horse Guards Parade

If London were like Venice - Horse Guards Parade
Spectacular scene of what the Horse Guards Parade would look like if London were like Venice. Date: 1899

Background imageFictional Collection: If London were like Venice - Regent Street

If London were like Venice - Regent Street
Spectacular scene of what Regent Street would look like if London were like Venice. Date: 1899

Background imageFictional Collection: If London were like Venice - Hyde Park Corner

If London were like Venice - Hyde Park Corner
Spectacular scene of what Hyde Park Corner would look like if London were like Venice. Date: 1899

Background imageFictional Collection: If London were like Venice - Her Majestys Theatre

If London were like Venice - Her Majestys Theatre
Spectacular scene of what Her Majestys Theatre would look like from the exterior, if London were like Venice. Date: 1899

Background imageFictional Collection: Sancho Panza. Statue

Sancho Panza. Statue
Sancho Panza. Character in the novel Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes. Statue, Malagon. Spain

Background imageFictional Collection: Eve of The Tatler in the revue, Tina at the Adelphi, WW1

Eve of The Tatler in the revue, Tina at the Adelphi, WW1
Actresses, including Phyllis Dare, playing Eve, the fictional lead columnist, drawn by Annie Fish for The Tatler magazine



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping