Hammersmith Gallery

Sir Francis Ronalds

Portrait of English inventor, Sir Francis Ronalds (1788-1873), inventor of the electric telegraph in 1816. He fitted his garden in Hammersmith with an electric telegraph but was refused when he offered his invention to the Admiralty. He published a detailed pamphlet on the invention in 1823, and was knighted in 1870

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Entrance to Ashford Residential School, Surrey

Located on Woodthorpe Road, at Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, and opened in 1872 as the West London District School, it provided accommodation away from the workhouse for pauper children from the Fulham, Hammersmith, Paddington, and St George Hanover Square Unions. Part of the site is now occupied by HM Prison Bronzefield

© Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection

Photograph of Rifle PH, Hammersmith, London

Photograph of Rifle PH, Hammersmith, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1939. 1961 for the Rifle, Hammersmith, London W6 9PL. As of July 2018. Renamed Golden Gloves and lattery Old Suffolk Punch. This pub is currently closed. For sale to highest bidder via AG&G July 2017 Date: 1954

© The National Brewery Heritage Trust / Mary Evans