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Hugh Collection

Background imageHugh Collection: Labour Party election posters and television speakers

Labour Party election posters and television speakers
Labour Party election posters and speakers for Labours series of five short television programmes in the run-up to the General Election of 8th October 1959 (which the Conservatives won)

Background imageHugh Collection: All Aboard for Brooklands by The Tout 1931

All Aboard for Brooklands by The Tout 1931
Humorous colour illustration by The Tout showing caricatures of various personalities from the motoring world in 1931. From left: Lord Howe, Mr. Raymond Mays, Mr. Hugh P

Background imageHugh Collection: Battle of Sobraon 1846

Battle of Sobraon 1846
BATTLE OF SOBRAON Sir Hugh Gough defeats a much larger army of Sikhs by skilful strategy and hard fighting - the last battle of the first Sikh war

Background imageHugh Collection: Westminster Abbey, London - The Rose Window, South Transcept

Westminster Abbey, London - The Rose Window, South Transcept. Re-made in 1902 and filled with stained glass in memory of Hugh, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899)

Background imageHugh Collection: Stephen Wards sketches of celebrities, 1960

Stephen Wards sketches of celebrities, 1960
Through a doctors eyes: a page of celebrities drawn by osteopath and gifted amateur artist Doctor Stephen Ward(1912-1963), as featured in The Illustrated London News in 1960

Background imageHugh Collection: Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, WW2

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, WW2
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding during WW2 - he was the builder and Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command from 1936 to November 1940 (until the end of the Battle of Britain). Date: 1941

Background imageHugh Collection: Captain Bairnsfathers first meeting with Old Bill, WW1

Captain Bairnsfathers first meeting with Old Bill, WW1
This historic incident took place during the first battle of Ypres, but the Censor held stern views about battle pictures in those days

Background imageHugh Collection: Grief

Grief
A woman holds her head in her arms in this camera study by Hugh Cecil depicting grief

Background imageHugh Collection: 5 Chester Terrace, Regents Park, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

5 Chester Terrace, Regents Park, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of the Chester Terrace, Regents Park, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

Background imageHugh Collection: Study room at Rugby School, 1967

Study room at Rugby School, 1967
An elaborately decorated study cubicle in Town House, Rugby School. Date: 1967

Background imageHugh Collection: Borthwick Castle, Midlothian

Borthwick Castle, Midlothian. Williams, Hugh William Grecian 1773 - 1829 (attributed to)

Background imageHugh Collection: Poster advertising Rambles in Somerset

Poster advertising Rambles in Somerset

Background imageHugh Collection: The Royal College of Art, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

The Royal College of Art, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of The Royal College of Art, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson during

Background imageHugh Collection: Hugh Walpole / Postcard

Hugh Walpole / Postcard
SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE English novelist with his wire-hired fox terrier Bingo, in the garden of their home at Keswick, Cumbria

Background imageHugh Collection: Hugh of St Victor / Thevet

Hugh of St Victor / Thevet
HUGH OF SAINT VICTOR Saxon or Flemish theologian and mystic

Background imageHugh Collection: Face on the Barroom Floor, Teller House Bar, Colorado, USA

Face on the Barroom Floor, Teller House Bar, Colorado, USA
The Face on the Barroom Floor is a painting on the floor of the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colorado, United States. It was painted in 1936 by Herndon Davis. Date: circa 1936

Background imageHugh Collection: Rev. Hugh Hanna

Rev. Hugh Hanna 1824-90 (1876). Whichelo, Augustus George fl.1873-1876. Date: 1876

Background imageHugh Collection: Photograph of the Loch Ness Monster

Photograph of the Loch Ness Monster
A photograph of the Loch Ness Monster taken by Hugh Gray

Background imageHugh Collection: Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia Ponsonby

Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia Ponsonby
Page from The Tatler reporting on the society wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Loelia Ponsonby (his third wife) at Princes Row registry office on 20 February 1930

Background imageHugh Collection: Loelia Ponsonby and the Duke of Westminster

Loelia Ponsonby and the Duke of Westminster
Hugh ( Bendor ) Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, with Loelia Ponsonby who he would marry at Princes Row Register Office in London, 20th February 1930

Background imageHugh Collection: Rev. Hugh Brady - Bishop of Meath

Rev. Hugh Brady - Bishop of Meath
Rev. Hugh Brady, a native of Dunboyne - Bishop of County Meath, Ireland from 21 October 1563 until his death on 13 February 1585

Background imageHugh Collection: Crew of RMS Olympic

Crew of RMS Olympic
The crew of RMS Olympic in dress uniform including Captain Edward Smith (centre with white beard). Four of these men, including Captain Smith

Background imageHugh Collection: Wood engraving of Roelandt Saverys painting of the dodo

Wood engraving of Roelandt Saverys painting of the dodo
Painting of the dodo and other ducks, macaws and rail drawn from life by Dutch artist Roelandt Savery. Presented to the British Museum by George Edwards, 1759

Background imageHugh Collection: Ron Ellison and Hugh Statham alongside Bristol Beaufighter

Ron Ellison and Hugh Statham alongside Bristol Beaufighter
Ron Ellison, left, and Hugh Statham, right, alongside a Bristol Beaufighter at Old Mixon

Background imageHugh Collection: Hugh Gibson & James Eastwood on their 1911 Bradbury motorcyc

Hugh Gibson & James Eastwood on their 1911 Bradbury motorcyc
Hugh Gibson & James Eastwood, record holders, on their 1911 3.5 H.P. Bradbury Chain Drive motorcycle & sidecar in Ireland in 1911

Background imageHugh Collection: Bringing Him to the Point - Stephen Gwynns An Irish Horse F

Bringing Him to the Point - Stephen Gwynns An Irish Horse F
Bringing Him to the Point (1898) (Illustration for Stephen Gwynns An Irish Horse Fair, 1901). Thomson, Hugh 1860 - 1920. Date: 1898

Background imageHugh Collection: Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Finsbury, WW2

Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Finsbury, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters clearing debris at what was their sub-fire station in Hugh Myddleton Primary School, Finsbury, EC1. The building took a direct hit from a high explosive bomb

Background imageHugh Collection: Some Titanic officers lost in disaster

Some Titanic officers lost in disaster
Photograph by AJF Bond of Bodmin of six officers of RMS Olympic taken on the bridge of the ship on the ships maiden voyage

Background imageHugh Collection: Hampton Court Palace, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

Hampton Court Palace, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of Hampton Court Palace, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson during

Background imageHugh Collection: Mcvicker / Ireland Rugby

Mcvicker / Ireland Rugby
Hugh McVicker, Forward for Ireland

Background imageHugh Collection: Skull, jaw and sclerotic bones of dodo

Skull, jaw and sclerotic bones of dodo
Back view of skull, upper and lower view of lower jaw, inner view of jaw, and circle of sclerotic bones in the dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo

Background imageHugh Collection: Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo

Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1848

Background imageHugh Collection: Side view of the skull of a dodo

Side view of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1848

Background imageHugh Collection: Trenchard, Hugh Montague Boom, pilot and Father of R

Trenchard, Hugh Montague Boom, pilot and Father of RFC and RAF

Background imageHugh Collection: Captain H H Berners, Irish Guards

Captain H H Berners, Irish Guards
Captain Hamilton Hugh Berners, Irish Guards, seen here on horseback at the Officer Training Corps, Mytchett, Surrey. Date: circa 1913

Background imageHugh Collection: Major H G Brackley being handed the de Havilland logbooks

Major H G Brackley being handed the de Havilland logbooks
Major H.G. Brackley being handed the logbooks of de Havilland DH84 Dragon, G-ACPX, by Hugh Blackman in May 1934. Date: 1934

Background imageHugh Collection: The Terrace, Windsor Castle, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

The Terrace, Windsor Castle, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of the Terrace, Windsor Castle, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

Background imageHugh Collection: Hugh Walpole / Cig Card

Hugh Walpole / Cig Card
SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE English novelist born in New Zealand

Background imageHugh Collection: Flowerpiece

Flowerpiece (1769). Moser, Mary (Mrs. Hugh Lloyd) 1744 - 1819. Date: 1769

Background imageHugh Collection: Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt

Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt Savery in the Royal Gallery, Berlin. Handcoloured lithograph by CDM from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred

Background imageHugh Collection: New River Head

New River Head
In 1609 a scheme to bring much needed water into London from wells in Hertfordshire was designed by a Mr Hugh Myddleton. His plan was to end his New River just below the summit of Islington Hill

Background imageHugh Collection: The Illustrated London News Election Map - 1906

The Illustrated London News Election Map - 1906 - The electoral battlefield at a glance: Candidates and Constituencies by A Hugh Fisher. Date: 1906

Background imageHugh Collection: Hughie Green - British Actor and Television Presenter

Hughie Green - British Actor and Television Presenter
Hughie Green (1920-1997) - British Actor and Television Presenter. By the age of 14 Hughie Green had his own BBC radio show and created

Background imageHugh Collection: The Paramount cinema, Tottenham Court Road, London

The Paramount cinema, Tottenham Court Road, London, lit up at night. Date: 1937

Background imageHugh Collection: Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues

Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection and Andersonian Collection

Background imageHugh Collection: Cranium and sternum of the extinct Rodrigues

Cranium and sternum of the extinct Rodrigues
Cranium 1-4 and part of sternum 5, 6 of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection. Lithograph by Joseph Dinkel after Werner from Hugh Edwin Strickland

Background imageHugh Collection: Metatarsus and toes of the dodo and various pigeons

Metatarsus and toes of the dodo and various pigeons
Metatarsus and toes of the dodo, Raphus cucullatus 1-5, foot of the yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron chlorigaster 6, stock dove, Columba oenas 7 and partridge pigeon, Geophaps smithii 8



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