Imperial Collection (#64)

Five patients and two nurses outside Quex House
Five patients and two nurses photographed on the front doorsetp of Quex House. Four of the patients are wearing the hospital uniform of hospital blues worn by Imperial military hospital patients

British patients with Quex cannon collection
Four Imperial VAD hospital patients standing by some of the cannon collection in Quex Park. At the time of the First World War these were grouped in front of the Round Tower on the Quex Park estate

Three Belgian hospital patients outside Quex House
Three Belgian hospital patients standing outside the front of Quex House. The verandah behind them was outside the Drawing Room where A Ward was situated

Group of Belgian and British soldiers at Quex Park, with three members of the VAD staff. The Belgian men are wearing civilian clothes. All the British soldiers are in army uniform

Photograph of three VAD patients at Quex Park VAD Hospital. The man on the right is Artieme Mettrie who was a patient at the hospital between 14th November 1914 and 13th May 1915

Four hospital patients ready for croquet
Four Imperial VAD hospital patients ready for a game of croquet in the garden at Quex Park. The men are are in shirtsleeves and wearing the trousers of the patients uniform hospital blues

Giovanni Gasparo
GIOVANNI GASPARO Italian military commander, serving in the Imperial forces in Germany and elsewhere. Date: 17th century

Wil. Egon Furstenberg
WILHELM EGON, graf von FURSTENBERG German military commander in the Imperial service. Date: 1629 - 1704

Heinrich Graf Friesen
HEINRICH graf von FRIESEN German military commander in the Imperial service. Date: 17TH CENTURY

Valentin Duval
VALENTIN JAMERAI DUVAL French librarian and numismatist, director of the Imperial Library and Cabinet of Medals at Vienna. Date: 1695 - 1775

Leonhardt Dilherr
LEONHARDT DILHERR Austrian statesman in the Imperial service at Vienna. Date: 1536 - 1597

Ferdinando, Conte Curtio
FERDINANDO, conte CURTIO Italian statesman, counsellor in the Imperial service. Date: 17TH CENTURY

Leopold Herzog Aremberg
LEOPOLD PHILIPP CARL, herzog von AREMBERG German military, Feld- Marschall in the Imperial army. Date: 1690 - 1754

TELEPHONE TALKIE
An engineer testing the latest telephones, due to be shown at the Physical Societys Annual exhibition of scientific instruments at Imperial College, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Oatmeal on Scales
Oatmeal is a valuable addition to your everyday diet. It may be used in place of a proportion of the flour in most of your favourite recipies, scones, pastry etc. Date: 1940s

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

To Paris while you Lunch
To Paris - while you lunch, in an Imperial Airways passenger liner, the mid-day Silver Wing. Date: 1932

Count Zu Pappenheim
Gottfried Heinrich, Graf zu PAPPENHEIM German military commander in the Imperial service Date: 1574 - 1632

Colonial Couple 1930S
A colonial couple outside their house in Sri Lanka. Date: 1930s

Argosy over Croydon
An Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy flies over the air-station at Croydon, which cost 260, 000 ! Date: 1927

HANNIBAL OVER LONDON
A Handley Page Hannibal of Imperial Airways makes its first passenger flight over central London : it is the largest air liner in the world at this time Date: 1931

A German Shipyard Kiel
Inside a workshop at the German Imperial Shipyard, Kiel Date: 1900

bismarck Construction
Building the cruiser Bismarck at the German Imperial Shipyard, Kiel (note, this is NOT the World War Two Bismarck ) Date: 1900

Louis Napoleon / Bird Bike
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON PRINCE IMPERIAL Son of Napoleon III Cartoon depicting him as a bird on a bicycle Date: 1856 - 1879

Louis Napoleon / Vfair 87
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON PRINCE IMPERIAL Son of Napoleon III Date: 1856 - 1879

Ww1 / 1917 / German Gallant
THE WORLD LIBERATOR Gallant Germany, single handed, fights to rid the world of the hideous British Imperial octopus Date: April 1917

Charlemagnes Crown
The coronation crown of the emperor Charlemagne, worn at Rome in 800 and preserved in the Imperial Treasury, Vienna Date: 800

Napoleon (Imperial Look)
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - French Emperor dressed in imperial costume (with Roman Laurel and staff) Date: 1769 - 1821

Standart Interiors
Russian royal steam yacht - interior views of the Imperial cabin and dining room. Date: 1903

Hieronymus Carafa
HIERONYMUS CARAFA Marchese di Montenegro, general with Spanish and Imperial armies (sometimes spelt Caraffa) Date: 1564 - 1633

Johann Friedrich von Sachsen defeated by Carl V
The protestant elector Johann Friedrich von Sachsen is defeated at Muhlberg by the imperial forces of Carl V Date: 1547

Slide pack of archival photographs from the IWM
35 mm. transparencies of IWM photographs contained in a booklet. Trench Warfare - this educational slide pack contains 24 black

Imperial Hotel, Torquay, Devon. 1870s

Imperial Hotel, Russell Square, London
Imperial Hotel (demolished in 1966), Russell Square, London Date: circa 1910s

Seener and Fridkin
Promotional postcard for Seener and Fridkin Russian Song and Dance Company They must have toured Europe, as Song and Dance are given in French and German as well as English

Music cover, Prince Imperial Galop by Charles Coote Junior
Music cover, Prince Imperial Galop, by Charles Coote Junior. circa late 1860s

The Imperial Theatre, London
Promotional colour-tinted postcard showing the fa硤 e of the Imperial Theatre in London. There are two different sections of the faade

His Majestys Servant by Sarah Barnwell and Maud Hosford
Promotional postcard for His Majestys Servant by Sarah Barnwell & Maud Hosford. First produced at the Imperial Theatre, 6th October 1904

His Excellency the Governor by R Marshall
Promotional postcard for His Excellency The Governor by R. Marshall. First produced at the Court Theatre, 8th June 1898. In Government House on an Indian Ocean colony, the Governor, left

Henry V by William Shakespeare
Promotional postcard for Henry V by William Shakespeare. Lewis Waller was the leading matinee idol of his day, and well cast as Henry

Three British bulldogs on a greetings card
Three British bulldogs standing on a Union Flag on a greetings card -- Defenders of the Empire. Date: early 20th century

People queueing for bread with police guard, Russia, WW1
People queueing in a street for bread at a time when food supplies were low, guarded by the imperial police, Russia, March 1917, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Kolkata - Imperial Indian Museum and annexe. Date: 1883

See India advert - Imperial Indian Mail train
See India advertisement from the Indian Railways Bureau. From Bombay to Calcutta the Imperial Indian Mail runs its weekly journey carrying first class passengers only with their servants. Date: 1935

Imperial Patients, Quex Park VAD Hospital
Imperial Patients of Quex Park VAD Hospital in the garden of Quex House. Twenty patients are in the foreground of the photograph

Five Imperial patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
Five Imperial patients outside the front of the Winter Garden, Quex Park. They are wearing hospital blues the uniform worn by patients who were in the Imperial forces

Hannah Powell-Cotton in donkey cart outside the front door of Quex House. The cart is being driven by an Imperial hospital patient. Standing alongside is a member of the Quex House domestic staff

Mansford House, Birchington as VAD Hospital
Mansford House, Spencer Road, Birchington. Mansford House was one of the buildings used by the Birchington VAD detachment in the early days of its work in 1914 and 1915

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