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Hilda Collection

Background imageHilda Collection: Whitby Abbey

Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. King Edwin built a small church here c. 630. St. Hilda founded a monastery in 656. The present ruined Norman Abbey was built circa 1222. Date: founded circa 656

Background imageHilda Collection: Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the C?

Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the C?
Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the Central Aircraft Co at Northolt, having just obtained her pilot?s certificate, becoming the first Australian woman to do so on 15 November 1919

Background imageHilda Collection: St Hilda / Whitby / Reid

St Hilda / Whitby / Reid
SAINT HILDA OF WHITBY Anglo-Saxon abbess, receiving a visit from Caedmon

Background imageHilda Collection: The famous St Hilda Colliery Band

The famous St Hilda Colliery Band, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England - World Champions in 1912, 1920, 1921 and 1924. Date: 1924

Background imageHilda Collection: Glymiel Jelly - Nobody in OUR family suffers from chapped hands

Glymiel Jelly - Nobody in OUR family suffers from chapped hands. Glymiel Jelly stops all that. Date: c.1924

Background imageHilda Collection: Hilda Walker

Hilda Walker
Horses spooked by a forest fire. Artist: Hilda Walker. Date: circa 1907

Background imageHilda Collection: Fairies learn to dance

Fairies learn to dance before they learn to walk (Fairy Lore). 1920s

Background imageHilda Collection: If you meet a fairy

If you meet a fairy, don t run away, she won t want to hurt you, she ll only want to play. 1920s

Background imageHilda Collection: Fairies by Hilda Miller

Fairies by Hilda Miller
Enchanting illustration depicting a group of fairies holding hands and dancing through a field of flowers, while butterflies overhead mimic their dance steps

Background imageHilda Collection: Suffragette Grace Chappelow Votes for Women

Suffragette Grace Chappelow Votes for Women. Grace Chappelow (1884-1971), born in Hatfield Peverel, Nr Chelmsford, Essex. Shown selling and advertising Votes for Women newspaper

Background imageHilda Collection: The cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play 'by The Sketch

The cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play "by The Sketch
The cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play " by The Sketch. Marie Tempest played the role of Judith Bliss, a bohemian ex-actress, while Graham Browne her husband, David Bliss

Background imageHilda Collection: Lily and Hilda Hanbury

Lily and Hilda Hanbury
Misses Lily Hanbury (1874-1908) and Hilda Hanbury, sisters and actresses

Background imageHilda Collection: Hildas Tower, Rome, Italy

Hildas Tower, Rome, Italy
19th century vintage photograph: Hildas Tower, Rome, Italy

Background imageHilda Collection: And there were strings of fairies

And there were strings of fairies hanging from the stars (I stood against the window). 1922

Background imageHilda Collection: Shakespeare / Macbeth

Shakespeare / Macbeth
Matheson Lang as Macbeth & Hilda Britton as Lady Macbeth

Background imageHilda Collection: British silent film Flames of Passion (Flowers of Passion)

British silent film Flames of Passion (Flowers of Passion)
A dancing scene from the British silent film Flames of Passion (Flowers of Passion), directed by Graham Cutts, 1922. The dancers are from the Purcell School of dancing

Background imageHilda Collection: Fairy and Frogs, by Hilda T Miller

Fairy and Frogs, by Hilda T Miller - Up and down, up and down, I will lead them up and down (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Date: circa 1930s

Background imageHilda Collection: Aiguille Varaus, Haute Savoie

Aiguille Varaus, Haute Savoie
A painting of a mountainous rocky peak under swirling, stormy clouds, seen from the base. Date: circa 1923

Background imageHilda Collection: The Devil's Kitchen, N. Wales

The Devil's Kitchen, N. Wales
A landscape wash drawing of some tumbled rocks leading up to a large crack in some cliffs, known as Devil's Kitchen, which runs along the southern side of Cwm Idwal in North Wales

Background imageHilda Collection: Evening, Brixham

Evening, Brixham
An oil painting of a mass of docked boats by a platform in the fishing town of Brixham, Devon, a figure can be seen sitting on the edge. Date: circa 1920

Background imageHilda Collection: Blakeney, Norfolk

Blakeney, Norfolk
An oil painting of the coastal village of Blakeney, in the county of Norfolk, England. Some large vessels are docked by the platform, where some figures can be seen, waiting. Date: circa 1920

Background imageHilda Collection: Cheateau DOrguille

Cheateau DOrguille
A painting of Mont Orgueil, a castle in Jersey, sitting on a rocky peak by the coast, built between 1204 and 1450. Date: circa 1918

Background imageHilda Collection: Pair of Dancers

Pair of Dancers
A painting of a pair of dancers, male and female, posed elegantly together. She is standing on tiptoes beside the man, who is wearing black and white diamond patterned clothes. Date: circa 1915

Background imageHilda Collection: Miss Hilda Moore

Miss Hilda Moore
A portrait painting of British stage and film actor, Hilda Mary Moore, who is wearing a fur jacket off of one shoulder and holding a large bunch of poppies

Background imageHilda Collection: Port

Port
This painting shows some calm port waters which have three similar ships populating the surface, a sweeping slope of ploughed fields and farmhouses make up the background scenery. Date: circa 1915

Background imageHilda Collection: He shut up the book

He shut up the book Date: 1925

Background imageHilda Collection: Market Town

Market Town
Oil painting of a market town, possibly French. Date: circa 1929

Background imageHilda Collection: Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher (Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, nee Roberts, 1925-2013), who served as British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990

Background imageHilda Collection: Thatcher Margaret Hilda Baroness Roberts 1925

Thatcher Margaret Hilda Baroness Roberts 1925
thatcher, margaret, hilda, baroness, roberts, 1925, british, tory, conservative, prime, minister, pm, politics, politician, political, mp, member, parliament, government, 1979, 1990, 1980s, 80s

Background imageHilda Collection: Mikhail Gorbachev with Margaret Thatcher

Mikhail Gorbachev with Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (b 1931), Soviet leader, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1985-1991), last head of state of the USSR (1988-1991)

Background imageHilda Collection: Lily and Hilda Hanbury, English actresses Date: 1890s

Lily and Hilda Hanbury, English actresses Date: 1890s

Background imageHilda Collection: Florence Hardy and Family

Florence Hardy and Family
Florence Hardy (1867-1957), artist and daughter of Thomas Bush Hardy, marine painter and sister of artist Dudley Hardy. This family photograph shows (left to right): sisters Dorothy, Edith

Background imageHilda Collection: Hilda Cowham

Hilda Cowham
Why, thats my dolls pram, without the handles, said Winnie. Artist: Hilda Cowham Date: circa 1908

Background imageHilda Collection: Thw Wimple Children

Thw Wimple Children
I say, whispered Willie, if I didn t know better, I should think we are walking across a large leaf. Artist: Hilda Cowham Date: circa 1908

Background imageHilda Collection: At the Cheltenham Chases, 1932. Society news from the racecourse

At the Cheltenham Chases, 1932. Society news from the racecourse. Mrs Pease (left, wearing fetching eyepatch), Lady Blanche Douglas

Background imageHilda Collection: Hilda Ososki fairies

Hilda Ososki fairies
Greeting card image of a holly fairy. Artist: Hilda Ososki. Date: circa 1920

Background imageHilda Collection: Child on wooden horse

Child on wooden horse
Away we go. Christmas card showing small boy riding on a wooden horse. Artist: Hilda Cowham Date: circa 1930

Background imageHilda Collection: Hilda Simms (cover of Checkers)

Hilda Simms (cover of Checkers)
Hilda Simms (1918-1994) African American actress who came to Britain in 1947 in her Broadway success Anna Lucasta. Checkers was a short-lived black British magazine. Date: 1948

Background imageHilda Collection: Hilda Simms (The Sketch)

Hilda Simms (The Sketch)
Hilda Simms (1918-1994) African American actress who came to Britain in 1947 in her Broadway success Anna Lucasta. Date: 1947

Background imageHilda Collection: Hilda Simms (cover of Theatre World)

Hilda Simms (cover of Theatre World)
Hilda Simms (1918-1994) African American actress who came to Britain in 1947 in her Broadway success Anna Lucasta. Date: 1948

Background imageHilda Collection: Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine Guinness

Lady Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine Guinness (1883-1939), wife of Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne. 1906

Background imageHilda Collection: Illustration, Hilda, Lalla Rookh

Illustration, Hilda, Lalla Rookh
Illustration, Hilda, in Lalla Rookh, a narrative poem by Thomas Moore. 19th century

Background imageHilda Collection: Cookery

Cookery
Small girl reading a cookery book. Artist Hilda Cowham. Date: 1915

Background imageHilda Collection: Hilda Hewlett

Hilda Hewlett
Hilda Beatrice Hewlett (1864 -1943), early aviator and aviation entrepreneur. She was the first British woman to earn a pilots licence

Background imageHilda Collection: Three boys with hoops

Three boys with hoops
Three boys racing down a pathway with their hoops. Date: circa 1906

Background imageHilda Collection: Hilda Trevelyan - English Actress

Hilda Trevelyan - English Actress
Hilda Trevelyan (1877-1959) - English Actress. Date: circa 1909

Background imageHilda Collection: Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. King Edwin built a small church here c. 630. St

Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. King Edwin built a small church here c. 630. St. Hilda founded a monastery in 656. The present ruined Norman Abbey was built circa 1222. Date: founded circa 656

Background imageHilda Collection: WOMAN & DOVES WOMAN & DOVES

WOMAN & DOVES WOMAN & DOVES
Hilda & her doves: They soon became as familiar with the fairhaired Saxon girl as if she were a born sister of their brood. Date: First published: 1860



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