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Gifted Collection

Background imageGifted Collection: Princess Louise

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) shown in the late 1860s with a pet dog. Louise was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Background imageGifted Collection: Art Nouveau Embroidery

Art Nouveau Embroidery
Four art nouveau embroidery designs by Ann Macbeth, one of the most gifted designers of the influential Glasgow School. Date: 1902

Background imageGifted Collection: Caricature of Cora Cardigan, flautist

Caricature of Cora Cardigan, flautist
Caricature of Cora Cardigan (Hannah Rosetta Dinah Moulton, 1860-1931), virtuoso flautist who worked mainly in theatres and music halls. She also played the violin. 1883

Background imageGifted Collection: The Little farm

The Little farm
A broad, landscape oil painting showing a little farm in the countryside, gifted to Sir. W. Baldwin Spencer. Date: circa 1918

Background imageGifted Collection: Victoria Park, Water Fountain

Victoria Park, Water Fountain
The extremely ornate Victoria drinking fountain in Victoria Park, gifted by Angela Burdett Coutts and opened in the summer of 1862. Date: 1862

Background imageGifted Collection: Lady Patricia Ramsay and her son

Lady Patricia Ramsay and her son
Lady Patricia Ramsay, formerly Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886-1974) with her son, Master Alexander Ramsay of Mar (1919-2000) around 1927

Background imageGifted Collection: Princess Yourievsky, well known society hostess and singer

Princess Yourievsky, well known society hostess and singer
Portrait of Princess Yourievsky, well known society hostess and a gifted singer, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Background imageGifted Collection: Diana Ghisi

Diana Ghisi
DIANA GHISI Italian artist, the most gifted of a family of engravers - her work is said to outrank that of her father and her two brothers. Date: 1536 - 1580+

Background imageGifted Collection: Fortune Telling Birds

Fortune Telling Birds
A fortune-teller in the streets of London uses Indian birds who are, it seems, gifted with occult powers of divination Date: 1890s

Background imageGifted Collection: National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Chapel Window

National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Chapel Window
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. The west window of the Homes chapel, designed by Frank O. Salisbury and gifted by Sir Charles C. Wakefield

Background imageGifted Collection: Tsesarevich Nikolai of Russia

Tsesarevich Nikolai of Russia
Engraving from a photograph of Nikolai, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843-1865), eldest son and heir of Tsar Alexander II. The Tsesarevich was a gifted young man trained in a liberal tradition by

Background imageGifted Collection: Grotesque gyrations by gifted eccentriques

Grotesque gyrations by gifted eccentriques. Date c1900

Background imageGifted Collection: William Wostenholme, blind organist

William Wostenholme, blind organist
Mr William Wostenholme (1865 - 1931), organist and composer. Totally blind from birth, who was a talented musician and studied at the College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen at Worcester

Background imageGifted Collection: Max Darewski, musical prodigy

Max Darewski, musical prodigy
Maximillian Arnold (Max) Darewski (1894-1929), a musical prodigy who composed, conducted and played the piano. Seen here as a teenager, in coat and hat, carrying a music case

Background imageGifted Collection: C B Fry (Sportsman)

C B Fry (Sportsman)
CHARLES BURGESS FRY (1872-1956) British sportsman. Represented England at both cricket and football Described as...probably the most variously gifted Englishman of any age


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