Gilbert Collection

The Yeoman of the Guard by Ws Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Promotional postcard for The Yeomen of the Guard by W. S. Gilbert; music Arthur Sullivan. First produced Savoy Theatre, 3rd October 1888

Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, D Oyly Carte Souvenir
D Oyly Cartes Season of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Souvenir Programme, Princes Theatre, London, 29 September 1919 - 31 January 1920, showing a large cast of characters from the operettas. 1919-1920

Greyhound Racing at White City
An advertisement for greyhound racing at White City stadium with a painting by Gilbert Holiday. The caption reads: " The trap snaps open...the 30

Gilbert and Sullivan theatre poster
Poster for the Gilbert and Sullivan production The Gondoliers. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan worked together to create fourteen operas between 1871 and 1896

Poster advertising the D Oyly Carte Opera Company, famous for its Gilbert and Sullivan operetta productions. Pictured are scenes from The Gondoliers, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard

Greyhounds by Gilbert Holiday
Painting by the well-known horse and animal artist, Gilbert Holiday of a greyhound bitch and her two puppies. During the 1930s

Battersea Power Station
Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, building began in 1933. It was the first of a series of very large electric generators set up in order to nationalize the grid

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

All that was left of them, 17th Lancers near Modderfontein, 17 September 1901.Chromolithograph after Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927)

Supermarine Spitfire IXB G-ASJV / MH434
Supermarine Spitfire IXB, G-ASJV/MH434, flown by Ray Hanna. James Gilbert photo

Poster advertising HMS Pinafore, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. 20th century

Cockpit of Supermarine Spitfire IXB G-ASJV / MH434
Cockpit of Supermarine Spitfire IXB, G-ASJV/MH434. James Gilbert photo

Pinafore / Programme 1
Cover of the programme for the original production, incorporating portraits of Mr Gilbert and Mr Sullivan, also Mr D Oyly Carte

Sullivan / Vanity Fair
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN Musician, noted for his collaboration with Gilbert on a series of operettas

Mikado / Music Sheet 2
featuring the Mikado in person

W. G. Grace batting at Gravesend, 1913
Photograph of Dr. William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915) batting in the Gravesend vs. Eltham cricket match, held at Gravesend cricket ground, 1913

Mikado / Music Sheet
Three little maids from school Date: first produced 1885

Walter Passmore / Iolanthe
WALTER PASSMORE Comic actor and singer, best known for his Gilbert & Sullivan roles, seen here in Iolanthe

Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
Retro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s

The Mikado by Ws Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Promotional postcard for the Mikado by Ws Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, first produced Savoy Theatre, 14th March 1885 Date: circa 1885

Cincinnati Federal Theatre presents Pirates of Penzance a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Pirates of Penzance at Emery, Walnut & Parkway

Glasgow University
THE UNIVERSITY GALOP Edward and Alexandra are cheered as they leave after opening GLASGOW UNIVERSITY in its fine new building by George Gilbert Scott Date: 1870

The Mikado at the Savoy
Sketches from The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre in London: The Mikado (Mr R. Temple), Nanki-Pooh (Mr Durward Lely), Katisha (Miss Brandram), Pooh-Bah (Mr R)

G K Chesterton, writer
Gilbert Keith Chesterton writer

Programme design, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida, Savoy Theatre, London. A respectful operatic perversion of Tennysons " Princess" in Three Acts. circa 1880s

Cymbeline - title page - Iachimo emerges from the trunk as Imogen sleeps. 1862

D Oyly Cartes Opera Co. in Utopia, limited Gilbert & Sullivans new opera. Date c1894

Warwickshire Cricket Club - 1888
Sketches at the County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham - the home of Warwickshire CC. The main pavilion is shown in the centre

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

Avro Vulcan B2 at Heyford. James Gilbert photo

Breaking Up a Rush - Polo by Gilbert Holiday
The glamour and thrill of the galloping game depicted by equestrian artist Gilbert Holiday, showing an incident during an Inter-Regimental Polo match where the ball

R D oyly Carte / Van Fair
RICHARD D OYLY CARTE English impresario, producer of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas

Gilbert and Sullivan theatre poster
Poster for the Gilbert and Sullivan production The Pirates of Penzance. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan worked together to create fourteen operas between 1871 and 1896

Ws Gilbert / Sambourne
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan, satirised for his love of the sea and sailing

Gilbert White / Selborne
GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE Distant view of the birthplace and home of the naturalist, at Selborne, Hampshire

Sullivan / Sambourne
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN Musician, noted for his collaboration with Gilbert on a series of operettas

Supermarine Spitfire FRXIVC G-FIRE / NH904
Supermarine Spitfire FRXIVC, G-FIRE/NH904, flown by Ray Hanna at Biggin Hill in 1981. James Gilbert photo. Date: 1981

Rev Gilbert White at his sundial
The Rev Gilbert White at his sundial - the right time by the sun Date: 18th century

Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
Retro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s

Barbara Hepworth, English artist and sculptor
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), English artist and sculptor. circa 1948

Leslie Howard as RJ Mitchell in The First of the Few
Leslie Howard (1893-1943) photographed on the film set for The First of the Few, in which he played the Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell. 1942

Statue of Eros
The famous statue of the Greek god of love, Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert in 1893. It was originally called the Shaftesbury Monument. Date: 1893

Williton Union Workhouse
The Union workhouse at Williton, Somerset. Some of the workhouse staff and some local residents are visible. The building, designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt

Wycombe Union Workhouse, Saunderton, Oxfordshire
The Wycombe Union workhouse at Saunderton, Oxfordshire. The building, designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt, was erected in 1843

Yacht at rest with National 12 dinghies in twilight -- one of a great series of studies of sailing off the Devon and Cornwall coasts. The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail racing dinghy. 1952

Marianne Faithfull, singer, songwriter and actress
Marianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school. circa 1962

Coach party having lunch in a pub
A coach party stops for lunch in a pub. circa 1950s

Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of Patience
Design by Alice Mary Havers for Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Operas, A Dream of Patience. circa 1880s

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