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Hedge Collection

Background imageHedge Collection: Cricket in an English Village

Cricket in an English Village
A classic English village scene of cricket played under the watchful gaze of the church steeple. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageHedge Collection: West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex

West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex
The West Middlesex Hospital, originally erected as an infirmary for the Brentford Union workhouse on Twickenham Road, Isleworth

Background imageHedge Collection: Advertisement for Old Bushmills Whiskey - Fox Hunt

Advertisement for Old Bushmills Whiskey - Fox Hunt circa 1920

Background imageHedge Collection: Horse Racing - The Last Hedge

Horse Racing - The Last Hedge - Three horses in contention in this steeplechase race as they leap the final fence. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageHedge Collection: Rural scenery with wildflowers

Rural scenery with wildflowers
A red Admiral Butterfly flies above a hedgerow border of wildflowers in this landscape painting by Malcolm Greensmith, encapsulating the English countryside

Background imageHedge Collection: Frog Prince & Princess

Frog Prince & Princess
The princess discovers a frog at her feet: curiously, he too is wearing a crown

Background imageHedge Collection: The Beech Hedge, Meikleour near Blairgowrie

The Beech Hedge, Meikleour near Blairgowrie. Planted in 1745, the hedge stands some 37 metres tall at its highest point and runs for almost 180 metres in length

Background imageHedge Collection: WW1 poster, 20th London Regiment

WW1 poster, 20th London Regiment
WW1 recruitment poster, 20th London Regiment (HQ Holly Hedge House, Blackheath), Praise for Territorials. Join your own local battalion at once. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHedge Collection: Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Essex

Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Essex
The entrance to Oldchurch Hospital, Oldchurch Road, Romford, Essex. The hospital began life in 1839 as the Romford Union workhouse, designed by Francis Edwards

Background imageHedge Collection: Man riding an 1899 Marot-Gardon vintage tricycle

Man riding an 1899 Marot-Gardon vintage tricycle
Man wearing a Union Jack hat riding an 1899 Marot-Gardon vintage tricycle Date: circa 1980s

Background imageHedge Collection: Hamilton House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Hamilton House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Hamilton House, Woodbury Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent -- it was used at one time as a school. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHedge Collection: Between Red Mile and Belvoir, with Belvoir Castle

Between Red Mile and Belvoir, with Belvoir Castle
View of the countryside between Red Mile and Belvoir, with Belvoir Castle in the distance, an area popular with the Belvoir Hunt, Leicestershire. Date: 1936

Background imageHedge Collection: Peckforton Wood, in the Cheshire Hunt area

Peckforton Wood, in the Cheshire Hunt area
View of Peckforton Wood, in the Cheshire Hunt area, with a hunt in progress. Date: 1936

Background imageHedge Collection: Sutton Ambion, Atherstone Hunt area, Leicestershire

Sutton Ambion, Atherstone Hunt area, Leicestershire
View of Sutton Ambion, Leicestershire, in the Atherstone Hunt area, with a hunt in progress. Date: 1936

Background imageHedge Collection: Gardens at Tewin, Hertfordshire

Gardens at Tewin, Hertfordshire
View of gardens at the village of Tewin, near Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, showing many shades of tulips growing in an open, grassy area

Background imageHedge Collection: The Grand Idea, by H. M. Bateman

The Grand Idea, by H. M. Bateman
A humorous illustration showing the commotion caused by a jockey jumping through a hedge at Aintree rather than over it

Background imageHedge Collection: The beautiful gardens of Levens Hall

The beautiful gardens of Levens Hall, a manor house in the Kent valley, near the village of Levens and 5 miles south of Kendal in Cumbria. Gardeners at work clipping the impressive topiary

Background imageHedge Collection: Mock Tudor building, Cheshire Date: circa 1889

Mock Tudor building, Cheshire Date: circa 1889

Background imageHedge Collection: Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Date: 1943

Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Date: 1943

Background imageHedge Collection: Country Pursuits - Hedger

Country Pursuits - Hedger
Hedger'. Depicting a skill that every land worker was expected to have in olden times. Date: 1907

Background imageHedge Collection: Wild privet, Ligustrum vulgare

Wild privet, Ligustrum vulgare
Wild privet, Le troene commun, Ligustrum vulgare

Background imageHedge Collection: The Vulture, the Sparrow and Other Birds

The Vulture, the Sparrow and Other Birds. A vulture holds court in a tree above subservient hawks, daws, roosters, and magpies. A sparrow hides in a hedge

Background imageHedge Collection: Spain, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena

Spain, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena
Spain, Community of Madrid, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena

Background imageHedge Collection: Spain, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena

Spain, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena
Spain, Community of Madrid, Cadalso de los Vidrios. Palace of Villena

Background imageHedge Collection: RMS Queen Mary Hedge, St Lawrence, Isle of Wight

RMS Queen Mary Hedge, St Lawrence, Isle of Wight
RMS Queen Mary Hedge (topiary), St Lawrence, Isle of Wight. circa 1949

Background imageHedge Collection: Schempp-Hirth Minimoa BGA338

Schempp-Hirth Minimoa BGA338 under repair With Slingsby Sailplanes at Kirbymoorside in 1943.After being impressed into the Royal Air Force BGA338 was flown briefly by the ATC at 123 Elelmentary

Background imageHedge Collection: Horse-drawn Caravan, Bunratty, County Clare, Ireland

Horse-drawn Caravan, Bunratty, County Clare, Ireland
Horse-drawn Caravan, Bunratty, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Background imageHedge Collection: Ann Hathaways Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire

Ann Hathaways Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageHedge Collection: Cliveden, Bucks - Peacock Topiary in the Gardens

Cliveden, Bucks - Peacock Topiary in the Gardens Date: 1980s

Background imageHedge Collection: St Mawes, Cornwall - view toward the bay

St Mawes, Cornwall - view toward the bay
St Mawes (Lannvowsedh) - a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall

Background imageHedge Collection: New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Shakespeare's Knot Garden and New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageHedge Collection: Selsdon Village, near Croydon, Surrey

Selsdon Village, near Croydon, Surrey Date: 1910

Background imageHedge Collection: Somerby Church

Somerby Church
A photograph of a man walking his flock of sheep down a country lane, beside a hedge enclosing Somerby Church in Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1910

Background imageHedge Collection: Sous Bois

Sous Bois
A landscape painting of a clearing of grass and wildflowers leading to a thick hedge with trees rising between. Date: circa 1922

Background imageHedge Collection: Mansion Garden

Mansion Garden
A painting illustrating a gentleman in green, kissing the hand of a lady wearing a blue dress, on the terrace of a fine garden with a central water fountain and surrounding arched hedge walls

Background imageHedge Collection: White City Greyhounds

White City Greyhounds
Advert promoting the White City Greyhound Racing Club. Date: 1932

Background imageHedge Collection: Rhododendhron hedge

Rhododendhron hedge'. Garden with lawn, hedging, trees and flower border. Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

Background imageHedge Collection: Comic postcard, Girl and boy chat over a hedge Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Girl and boy chat over a hedge Date: 20th century

Background imageHedge Collection: Midshipman Newcome and Spunyarn drinking Malaga wine

Midshipman Newcome and Spunyarn drinking Malaga wine
Midshipman Newcome and Masters Mate Spunyarn drinking black strap or Malaga wine at the Navy Tavern, at the summit of Scud Hill, Gibraltar. Widow Cummings brings more wine, a monkey sits on a cannon

Background imageHedge Collection: Huntsmen and women watch the fox-hounds let out of

Huntsmen and women watch the fox-hounds let out of a pen before a hunt, 19th century. Facey Romford in green coat, and Lucy Somersville sidesaddle on her horse

Background imageHedge Collection: Extended family outside stone county home

Extended family outside stone county home
A countryside scene with parents, son and Grandmother all stood outside their lovely stone cottage. The son appears to be holding two pails of milk. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHedge Collection: Cartoon, A Bit of Animated Nature

Cartoon, A Bit of Animated Nature, the Protectionist Cuckoo in the Hedge Sparrows Nest

Background imageHedge Collection: Photographing two women on countryside fence

Photographing two women on countryside fence
Photographer photographing two women on a countryside fence. circa 1900

Background imageHedge Collection: Bedford County High School, England

Bedford County High School, England. circa 1860

Background imageHedge Collection: The Year of the Poets -- Cuckoo in sparrows nest

The Year of the Poets -- Cuckoo in sparrows nest
The Year of the Poets -- a cuckoo in a nest of hedge sparrows, to illustrate a range of poems about cuckoos and other birds. Date: 1845

Background imageHedge Collection: Privet, Ligustrum vulgare

Privet, Ligustrum vulgare. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Background imageHedge Collection: Privet species, Ligustrum vulgare

Privet species, Ligustrum vulgare. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageHedge Collection: Hedge bedstraw, Galium mollugo, and rock samphire

Hedge bedstraw, Galium mollugo, and rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageHedge Collection: Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium

Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageHedge Collection: White mustard, Sinapis alba, and hedge mustard

White mustard, Sinapis alba, and hedge mustard, Sisymbrium officinale. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageHedge Collection: Wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum, and garlic

Wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum, and garlic
Wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum, and jack by the hedge or garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata

Background imageHedge Collection: Hedge mustard, Sisymbrium officinale

Hedge mustard, Sisymbrium officinale, Erysimum officinale, Velar. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Background imageHedge Collection: Smelly wallflower, Erysimum odoratum

Smelly wallflower, Erysimum odoratum (Sweet-scented alpine hedge mustard, Erysium lanceolatum minus)

Background imageHedge Collection: Gatekeeper butterfly, Pyronia tithonus, on grasses

Gatekeeper butterfly, Pyronia tithonus, on grasses

Background imageHedge Collection: Round Tower, Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Round Tower, Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Date: 1935

Background imageHedge Collection: What are we coming to? Camera fiend taking a record snapshot

What are we coming to? Camera fiend taking a record snapshot. A photographer hides beneath a hedge waiting for that perfect shot of a horse rider jumping overhead. Date: 1896

Background imageHedge Collection: Epping Cottage Tea Rooms, Epping, Essex

Epping Cottage Tea Rooms, Epping, Essex. Date: circa 1905

Background imageHedge Collection: The Mill, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex

The Mill, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex. Date: circa 1908

Background imageHedge Collection: Stewart Granger, actor, in the film Blanche Fury

Stewart Granger, actor, in the film Blanche Fury
Stewart Granger, English actor, at Pinewood Studios in the film Blanche Fury. 1947

Background imageHedge Collection: Dry Street, Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex

Dry Street, Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex. Date: 20th century

Background imageHedge Collection: View across the fields, Laindon, Basildon, Essex

View across the fields, Laindon, Basildon, Essex
View across the fields at Laindon, Basildon, Essex. Date: 20th century

Background imageHedge Collection: Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent

Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent
A quiet scene in Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst, Kent. Date: 20th century

Background imageHedge Collection: Worcester Park Farm, SW London (Surrey)

Worcester Park Farm, SW London (Surrey), with a few people in the lane. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHedge Collection: Old Church Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex

Old Church Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHedge Collection: Garden at Washingtons Mansion, Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA

Garden at Washingtons Mansion, Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA
Formal flower garden with box-bordered beds at Washingtons Mansion, Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA Date: circa 1910

Background imageHedge Collection: Postcard booklet, A&M College, College Station, Texas, USA

Postcard booklet, A&M College, College Station, Texas, USA, now a state university. Date: 1942

Background imageHedge Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 705

Curtis British Entomology Plate 705
Diptera: Rhagio heyshami Curtis = Rhagio notatus [Plant: Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageHedge Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 65

Curtis British Entomology Plate 65
Hymenoptera: Hylotoma stephensii = Hylotoma (Arge) pagana ssp. stephensii (Stephensian Hylotoma) [Plant: Stachys sylvatica (Hedge Wound-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageHedge Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 14

Curtis British Entomology Plate 14
Diptera: Haemobora pallipes = Lipotena cervi (Pale-legged Ked) [Plant: Torilis japonica (Caucalis anthriscus, Hedge Hen?s-foot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageHedge Collection: Edward VIIs horse

Edward VIIs horse, Ambush II, wins the Grand National 1900

Background imageHedge Collection: Ambush II winning the Grand National

Ambush II winning the Grand National
Ambush II, owned by King Edward VII, wins the Grand National. 1900

Background imageHedge Collection: House, Flowering Vine Date: 1938

House, Flowering Vine Date: 1938

Background imageHedge Collection: Highcliffe Hotel - Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire

Highcliffe Hotel - Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire Date: 1926

Background imageHedge Collection: Off-duty nurse

Off-duty nurse
Nurse Chapman in long coat, hat and gloves standing in front of hedge in grounds of Battle Hospital, Reading Date: circa 1935

Background imageHedge Collection: Nurses and convalescing servicemen outside

Nurses and convalescing servicemen outside
Group of four nurses and five convalescing soldiers in hospital uniform blues. Another serviceman is peering through a hedge on left and a small boy is sitting on a bench to the right Date: circa 1915

Background imageHedge Collection: SISYMBRIUM ALLIARIA

SISYMBRIUM ALLIARIA
JACK-BY-THE-HEDGE Date: early 20th century

Background imageHedge Collection: Four Faces - Garden at Bramham Park, West Yorkshire

Four Faces - Garden at Bramham Park, West Yorkshire. Date: circa 1905

Background imageHedge Collection: Farm track over hill, Bix, Oxfordshire, England

Farm track over hill, Bix, Oxfordshire, England

Background imageHedge Collection: Priory Farm and St Marys Priory Church, Deerhurst, Gloucest

Priory Farm and St Marys Priory Church, Deerhurst, Gloucest
Gardener John Watt trims the hedges at Priory Farm, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England. The farm adjoins The ancient Saxon Church of St Marys Priory. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Background imageHedge Collection: Beware of the Bull - Man comes a cropper

Beware of the Bull - Man comes a cropper, even though he professes to be a Vegetarian! Date: 1906

Background imageHedge Collection: Promotional postcard for Harveys Special Scotch Whisky

Promotional postcard for Harveys Special Scotch Whisky - The Spirit of the Hunt. Date: circa 1913

Background imageHedge Collection: Carlton Hotel, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Carlton Hotel, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Carlton Hotel, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), a hill country retreat for British colonialists. Date: circa 1910

Background imageHedge Collection: Wrought iron gate in a garden

Wrought iron gate in a garden with female model in the distance. 1959

Background imageHedge Collection: Illustration, Susan Blue

Illustration, Susan Blue, showing a little girl in a white dress with blue trimmings and a wide-brimmed hat. 1885



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