Greatest Collection (page 3)

Isaac Gosset (Younger)
ISaC GOSSET (YOUNGER) English bibliographer and book collector - the greatest Collector of curious Books of his time. Date: 1735 - 1812

Cham, Artist
CHAM (nom de plume of Comte Amedee de Noe) French artist, one of the greatest of all caricaturists. Date: 1819 - 1879

Josef Spaun
JOSEF SPAUN One of Schuberts greatest friends, dating from time spent together at the Imperial Konvikt school in Vienna. Date: 1790 - 1856

Sir Henry Roscoe
SIR HENRY ROSCOE chemist, whose greatest contribution to science was the preparation of pure vanadium Date: 1833 - 1915

Graf Zeppelin on Ground
LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN Manoeuvring the greatest of the Zeppelins out of its hangar is a delicate operation Date: 1931

Sacramento, California, USA - Sacramento River, the greatest inland waterway in the west. Date: circa mid 1930s

The Greatest Scoundrel Living by A McLeod Loader
Promotional postcard of The Greatest Scoundrel Living by A. McLeod Loader (real name Alfred M. Daylor). First produced St. Helens, 2nd March and the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 2nd November 1903

Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Aerial view of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA -- claimed to be the greatest race course in the world. Date: circa 1930

Munitions Worker and Tommy WW1. The British Tommy the greatest Blue and the Blue Belle The New Britannia, Together, soldier and munition worker will make the Hun Squeal. Date: circa 1916

The Greatest War Pictures ever Published, WW1
The Greatest War Pictures ever Published, 1915 (c). Relief half-tone advertising poster for The Globe Fine Art Company. With 21 small reproductions of fine art prints from World War One. Date: 1915

Our Greatest Jockey
A portrait of Steve Donoghue (1884-1945), who was a leading flat race jockey in the 1920 s, shown here in blue and red silks

Versailles Fountains
Les Grandes Eaux : the fountains of Versailles are one of its greatest attractions for visitors. Date: circa 1835

Paulus Photo
PAULUS born Jean-Paul Habans French music-hall singer, considered the greatest in his line, photographed in 1905. Date: 1845 - 1908

Lithuanian Jews
150, 000 Jews are expelled from Lithuania (at this time part of Russia), by the orders of tsar Nikolai I, with the greatest brutality. Date: 1844

Admiral Togo
HEICHAHIRO, MARQUIS TOGO Japanese naval commander whose defeat of the Russian fleet at Tsushima has been described as the greatest naval victory since Trafalgar. Date: 1846 - 1934

George Edward Pickett
GEORGE EDWARD PICKETT American confederate soldier, best known for his brave but hopeless charge at Gettysburg - his greatest feat was at the 1865 battle of Five Forks. Date: 1825 - 1875

Alessandro Manzoni
ALESSANDRO MANZONI Italian writer, author of I promessi sposi, generally (and rightly) considered the greatest Italian novel. Date: 1785 - 1873

Tomb of Hafez
The tomb of MOHAMMAD SHAMS OD-DIN HAFEZ, considered the greatest of Persian lyric poets. Date: 1390

Hugo De Groot - 5
HUGO DE GROOT (known as GROTIUS) Dutch scholar, one of the greatest men in Europe as a writer on philosophy, divinity, civil law, and polite literature. Date: 1583 - 1645

Hugo De Groot - 3
HUGO DE GROOT (known as GROTIUS) Dutch scholar, one of the greatest men in Europe as a writer on philosophy, divinity, civil law, and polite literature. Date: 1583 - 1645

Hugo De Groot - 6
HUGO DE GROOT (known as GROTIUS) Dutch scholar, one of the greatest men in Europe as a writer on philosophy, divinity, civil law, and polite literature. Date: 1583 - 1645

Hugo De Groot - 4
HUGO DE GROOT (known as GROTIUS) Dutch scholar, one of the greatest men in Europe as a writer on philosophy, divinity, civil law, and polite literature. Date: 1583 - 1645

The Dawn of Christianity The Flight into Egypt
The Dawn of Christianity (The Flight into Egypt) (1841). Turner, Joseph Mallord William 1775-1851. The greatest English painter of his generation

Arthur, 1st Marquess of Donegall 1739-99 (c.1780). Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788. During the eighteenth century full-length portraits were the most admired

Schoolboy suggest a game of ping pong to W G Grace
" I should like to play you at ping pong" !! A young schoolboy suggests a sensible choice of sporting contest when faced with the colossus of the cricketing world, Dr W G Grace

Memorial to the late Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain
A memorial card to the late Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914). This card was sent by Dame (Cicely) Veronica Wedgwood (19101997) - an English historian who generally published under the name C

Independence of Colombia. Elevation act to the village of San Miguel de Ibarra by Sim󮠂 ol� r, on 2nd November 1829. ECUADOR. Ibarra. City Hall. Greatest hall

ECUADOR. Ibarra. City Hall. Greatest hall. Allegory of the Foundation of San Miguel de Ibarra by Crist󢡬 de Troya on September 28, 1606

Americas greatest patriots. Date c1890 May 19

The worlds greatest importing establishment

General Tom Thumb & Wife, Commander Nutt & Minnie Warren. Four wondrously formed & strangely beautiful ladies & gentlemen in miniature, natures smallest editions of her choicest works

Battle at Landrecies
During th retreat from Mons, the Coldstream Guards and others hold off the Germans at Landrecies - one of the greatest soldiers battles in history. Date: August 1914

Looking at the book of the lost and at news of the Titanic
In the anxious hours which followed the greatest of Maritime disasters: At Lloyd s, the famous association of Marine Underwriters. After the sinking of the Titanic. Date: 27th April 1912

Loss of the Titanic
A page from the supplement that appeared in the first issue of The Sphere to be published following the loss of the Titanic, describing it as The Greatest Wreck in the Worlds History

The wonderful American hen with three wings and four legs. The greatest living curiosity in the world, as exhibited at 26 Charing Cross Road, London

Fairie Voices C1860
Fairies dance by the light of the full moon, bats fly overhead, owls perch, frogs croak - and the waltz was performed (with the greatest success) at the Proms ! Date: circa 1860

British Ballad, Sir Lancelot du Lac
SIR LANCELOT DU LAC. British ballad telling the tale of one of the greatest of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend

Americas greatest automobile course, Savannah Georgia
Americas greatest automobile course, grand prize auto race, Savannah Georgia

Tophane Mosque, Constantinople, Turkey
An atmospheric view at sunset looking out to the Bosphorus through the dome and minarets of the Tophane Mosque. Architect - Sinan

Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily
The exterior of the Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily - one of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture in the world

Italian conjuror Bartholomeo Bosco
Print of etching of Italian conjuror, Bartholomeo Bosco, drawn in 1838. Giovanni Bartholomew (Bartolomeo) Bosco (January 3, 1793 - March 7)

Robert the Bruce - statue at Stirling Castle
Statue of Robert the Bruce outside Stirling Castle, overlooking Stirlingshire and the Wallace Monument. Robert I (1274 - 1329)

Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey, 1860
Engraving showing the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey, where many of the greatest poets of England are buried or commemorated, 1860

Baby Elephant Pickpocket at Olympia, London, 1893
Sketch showing one of Barnum and Baileys elephants investigating the pocket of a female visitor to the circus, Olympia, London, 1893

Bicycle Race at the Velodrome d Hiver, Paris, 1921
Illustration showing a Six-day bicycle race held at the Velodrome d Hiver Circuit, Paris, 1921. The cyclists raced for 144 hours to see who could cover the greatest distance over a six-day period

The Ulster T. T. Race
Photograph of the start of the Ulster T.T. Race, one of the greatest road-races of the motoring year, showing the lighter cars off to a frenzied start in August 1929

Resignation the Greatest of all Virtues

PRAXITELES Athenian sculptor, regarded as the greatest sculptor of his age

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