Interests Collection

Queen Elizabeth II with horse at Sandringham
Queen Elizabeth II, when Princess Elizabeth, pictured with one of the horses during harvest time at Sandringham, Norfolk in 1943. Date: 1943

Coronation 1953, the royal box at Ascot
A scene of excitement in the royal box at Royal Ascot when the Queens colt, Choir Boy, won the Royal Hunt Cup on 17 June 1953, a fortnight after the Coronation

Americans in Russia
American troops are sent to Vladivostok to safeguard U.S. interests there : Americans will have a deep-seated terror of communism for decades to come

Poster, Samuel Cody, Velodrome de la Seine, Paris
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: S. F. Cody Wild West Show (c.1893). Known as a showman, sharpshooter, horseman, aviator and aircraft designer

Joan Crawford and Charles Martin
Hollywood actor Joan Crawford (1908?-1977) with Charles Martin at the theatre. Date: 1939

Illustration, A Song of the English, Calcutta
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Calcutta -- Me the Sea-captain loved, the River built

Revolution at Panama
On 3rd November 1903, American forces prevented Colombian troops from travelling from Colon to suppress a rebellion occurring in Panama City by standing in front of the train station.This was to

FANCY PORTRAIT 1658
Austrian archduke Leopold Wilhelm occupies only a tiny part of his portrait, a riot of figures which symbolise his interests and activities, to say nothing of his wife ! Date: 1658

Queen Elizabeth II as a child with a donkey
Princess Elizabeth feeds a blinkered donkey at the Royal Show, Windsor while Princess Margaret looks on. Date: 1939

Front cover of The Bystander, 1915: US war profiteering
A British comment on war profiteering by America, and the British right to search neutral merchant vessels for contraband during World War One. Date: 1915

The Radziwill Palace, Berlin, 1878
Engraving of the Radziwill Palace, Berlin; the place used for the Berlin Congress of 1878. Here, British, Russian and Turkish leaders met to discuss their conflicting interests in the Turkish region

Cartoon, satire on the British government and its current issues. Politicians depicted include Gladstone and Salisbury, respective Liberal and Conservative leaders. 1890

John Disney
JOHN DISNEY churchman who had doubts, and became a Unitarian rather than an Anglican; his interests were in antiquarianism. Date: 1746 - 1816

Philip Cluverus
PHILIP CLUVERUS German geographer and historian, surrounded by suitably allegorical ornaments illustrative of his professional interests. Date: 1580 - 1623

Disraeli / Bombastes
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy as Bombastes, daring any foreign power to go against British Interests overseas Date: 4 August 1877

Andrew Lang (Richmond)
ANDREW LANG Scottish scholar, with special interests in mythology, folklore and the paranormal Date: 1844 - 1912

Sidelights on personality - Mrs Charles Sweeny
Unusual portrait of socialite Mrs Charles Sweeny, the former deb of the year Margaret Whigham and later the notorious Duchess of Argyll

Cartoon, Broad Bottom Drones storming the Hive, Wasps, Hornets & Bumble Bees joining in the Attack, by James Gillray. Showing leading politicians (both those in power and those in opposition)

Society greyhound racing enthusiasts
Greyhound racing enthusiasts - lady owners of dogs in 1927 just as the sport was gaining widespread popularity among society

Abbe Raynal - 4
GUILLAUME THOMAS FRANCOIS, abbe RAYNAL - French historian and philosopher, with a globe and farming implements representing the range of his interests. Date: 1713 - 1796

Brazil (18th c.). English ships at the Bay of RЯ de Janeiro defending their economic interests, after a painting

Friedrich Baron Canitz
FRIEDRICH RUDOLF LUDWIG, baron CANITZ, German writer and statesman, depicted surrounded by allegorical figures represent- -ing his qualities and interests. Date: 1654 - 1699

Marriage of convenience
Un mariage de convenance. Date c1881 Dec. 12

Princess Elizabeth and Margaret riding
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret on horseback in the ground of Royal Lodge, Windsor c. 1940. Date: c.1940

Princess Elizabeth stroking a pony
Princess Elizabeth of York (Queen Elizabeth II) pictured showing an early interest in horses at an unidentified event in the early 1930s. Date: c.1933

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Point to Point, Lark
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh watch races from the Box during the United Services Point to Point at Larkhill, near Salisbury in February 1953. Date: 1953

Queen Elizabeth II and pony
Queen Elizabeth II attending the Royal Agricultural Society show at Newton Abbot in Devon, seen patting one of the winners in the pony class. Date: 1952

Queen Elizabeth II at Badminton Horse Trials
Royal spectators at Badminton. Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother sit on the ground to watch the horse trials on the Duke of Beauforts estate at Badminton House in 1958. Date: 1958

Vera Cruz harbour, to which hastened the United States battleships, Vermont, Georgia, and Nebraska, in order to protect the American lives, interests and property endangered by the revolution

Collection of transport memorabilia
A display of memorabilia and artworks, including model aircraft, a Great Eastern Railway plaque, flying or driving goggles and leather hats, and books and prints

French in the Tagus
Disputed succession to the Portuguese throne leads to intervention by the great powers : a French fleet sails up the Tagus to promote French interests

Edward VII in the Royal Box at Ascot
Edward VII (1841-1910) seen here in the Royal Box at Ascot during the visit of King Alfonso of Spain in 1905. Edward had many leisure interests including his enthusiasm for horse-racing

China German Troops 1899
German troops of the occupying force, sent to protect German trade interests, parade at Kiautschou : the natives watch with mild interest

New York / Wall Street
This great centre of the monetary interests of the continent

Napoleon III in Milano
Napoleon III, pursuing French interests in Italian affairs, accompanies Vittorio Emanuele in a procession through the streets of newly liberated Milano

Napoleon III in Torino

Sultan Selim III
SELIM III - a keen reformer, he angers vested interests with his ideas, is deposed in 1807 and murdered by strangulation after a years imprisonment

Americans in Shanghai
The United States send a military force to Shanghai to safeguard their interests during the fighting

Robert Earl Sunderland
ROBERT SPENCER, earl of SUNDERLAND statesman with a penchant for switching sides when it suited his interests or his pocket. with his autograph

Princess Ka-Iulani
PRINCESS KA-IULANI Educated in Britain, the Princess lost her Royal birthright when American interests overthrew the Hawaiian Monarchy in 1893

Fremont Exploration 4
At Fort Laramie, in present- day Wyoming, Fremont explains to skeptical native Americans that his expedition to the West is entirely in their best interests

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