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Jacobs Collection

Background imageJacobs Collection: He was Jack Frost by Helen Jacobs

He was Jack Frost by Helen Jacobs
Enchanting illustration featuring a glistening Jack Frost lecturing a group of snowdrop fairies or pixies in a snow covered woodland glade

Background imageJacobs Collection: Interior of tramshed, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire

Interior of tramshed, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Interior view of a tramshed at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, showing various trams with advertising material: Jacobs Cream Crackers, Colmans Mustard, Lifebuoy Soap

Background imageJacobs Collection: St Helena - Jacobs Ladder (699 steps), Jamestown

St Helena - Jacobs Ladder (699 steps), Jamestown. In 1829, the Saint Helena Railway Company built an inclined-plane cableway on Saint Helena

Background imageJacobs Collection: Coach suspension machinery for horse-drawn carriages

Coach suspension machinery for horse-drawn carriages
Coach suspension: view of the fore wheels of a crane-necked carriage and Mr. Jacobs contrivance for the forewheels of a coach. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Background imageJacobs Collection: Jamestown, St Helena Island

Jamestown, St Helena Island
View of Jamestown, St Helena Island in the South Atlantic Ocean - note the Jacobs Ladder stairway heading straight up the hillside on the right... Date: circa 1930s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Jacobs Well, Schechem, Israel

Jacobs Well, Schechem, Israel

Background imageJacobs Collection: Israel Shechem Jacob's Well pre-1900

Israel Shechem Jacob's Well pre-1900

Background imageJacobs Collection: Dublin Jacob's Biscuit Factory Ladies Dining Room

Dublin Jacob's Biscuit Factory Ladies Dining Room early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Girls Dining Room, Jacobs Biscuit Factory

Girls Dining Room, Jacobs Biscuit Factory Date: circa 1900s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Jacob's Ladder, Sidmouth, Devon

Jacob's Ladder, Sidmouth, Devon - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageJacobs Collection: Castle and Jacob's Ladder, St. Helena

Castle and Jacob's Ladder, St. Helena
The Castle and Jacob's Ladder, St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Ballestilla. 16th century

Ballestilla. 16th century
Ballestilla (Jacob's staff). Navigational instrument used to calculate the height of the sun and other celestial bodies over the horizon for use in nautical navigation. 16th century

Background imageJacobs Collection: Helen Jacobs and Daniel Maskell at Wimbledon

Helen Jacobs and Daniel Maskell at Wimbledon
American tennis player Helen Hull Jacobs (1908-1997) with English player and coach Daniel Dan Maskell (1908-1992) who later became a celebrated tennis commentator for the BBC. Date: 1931

Background imageJacobs Collection: Margot Lumb and Simonne Mathieu

Margot Lumb and Simonne Mathieu
Tennis players Margot Lumb (1912-1998), Simonne Mathieu (1908-1980) and Helen Jacobs (1908-1997) all competed at Wimbledon in 1939. Date: 1939

Background imageJacobs Collection: Advert for Harrods sportswear, featuring Helen Jacobs

Advert for Harrods sportswear, featuring Helen Jacobs
Helen Hull Jacobs (1908-1997) was an American tennis player, ranked in the world top 10 when this advert for Harrods sportswear came out. Date: circa 1939

Background imageJacobs Collection: RACHEL DIES

RACHEL DIES
Jacob's wife RACHEL dies while giving birth to their youngest son, Benjamin

Background imageJacobs Collection: JACOB'S DREAM

JACOB'S DREAM
Jacob dreams of a staircase leading to Heaven, prefiguring what is reported by those who have near-death experiences

Background imageJacobs Collection: PILGRIMS/COMPOSTELLA

PILGRIMS/COMPOSTELLA
Two pilgrims - Die Jacobs Bruder - make their way to Compostella, dressed in the traditional garb ornamented with coquilles saint-Jacques identifying them as pilgrims Date: 1568

Background imageJacobs Collection: Stolen Children

Stolen Children
A pencil sketch of frightened children hiding from a wicked goblin racing off with a sackful of already stolen children. Artist: Helen Jacobs Date: circa 1920

Background imageJacobs Collection: Puck

Puck
Pen and ink sketch of Puck for A Midsummer Nights Dream. Artist: Helen Jacobs Date: 1920

Background imageJacobs Collection: Helen Jacobs

Helen Jacobs own bookplate depicting fairyland scene. Artist: Helen Jacobs Date: 1920s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Jacobs Island

Jacobs Island
View of Folly ditch, Jacobs Island. Jacobs Island was a notorious slum in Bermondsey, London, in the 19th century, located on the south bank of the River Thames

Background imageJacobs Collection: Historical views of the Holy Land

Historical views of the Holy Land. The Dead Sea or the Lake of Sodom 76, Mount Tabor 77, and fisherman on the Sea of Galilee 78. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Background imageJacobs Collection: Playtime

Playtime in the nursery. Reading and playing with toys. From Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Rhymes, published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Louise Jacobs Date: 1912

Background imageJacobs Collection: Member of the Womens Land Army in uniform, September 1939

Member of the Womens Land Army in uniform, September 1939
Jean Jacobs, formerly a London shop assistant, photographed in her Land Army uniform as she receives her training in Sussex. Date: 1939

Background imageJacobs Collection: Jacobs ladder or Greek valerian, Polemonium caeruleum

Jacobs ladder or Greek valerian, Polemonium caeruleum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1791

Background imageJacobs Collection: Jacobs rod, Asphodeline liburnica

Jacobs rod, Asphodeline liburnica (Asphodelus liburnicus). Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Background imageJacobs Collection: Inuit man of Baffin Bay and Inuit woman of Uummannaq Fjord

Inuit man of Baffin Bay and Inuit woman of Uummannaq Fjord
Inuit man of Prince Regents Bay (inlet in Baffin Bay) and Inuit woman of Jacobs Bight (Uummannaq Fjord). Esquimaux (Eskimo) people

Background imageJacobs Collection: Jacobs Well, near Suez

Jacobs Well, near Suez. circa 1860

Background imageJacobs Collection: John Jacobs - Golf coach

John Jacobs - Golf coach Date: 1970s - 1980s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Courtyard of The Tabard Inn, Southwark, London

Courtyard of The Tabard Inn, Southwark, London, the starting point of Chaucers long narrative poem, The Canterbury Tales. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 636

Curtis British Entomology Plate 636
Hemiptera: Iassus reticulatus Curtis = Oncopsis flavicollis [Plant: Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob?s Ladder)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageJacobs Collection: Falmouth, Cornwall - Jacobs Ladder

Falmouth, Cornwall - Jacobs Ladder
circa 1910s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Cover design, Jacob & Co Biscuit Alphabet Book

Cover design, Jacob & Co Biscuit Alphabet Book. circa 1930s

Background imageJacobs Collection: Street scene, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa

Street scene, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, with May & Co, The Sports House, in the middle distance. Date: circa 1925

Background imageJacobs Collection: Professional golfers in Sportsmens Battalion

Professional golfers in Sportsmens Battalion
Five professional golfers who had joined the Sportsmens Battalion. From left; H. Fulford (Bradford), R. Jacobs (Bedford), E. Jones (Chislehurst), Jas. Bradbeer (Porters Park) and Pl

Background imageJacobs Collection: Helen Jacobs

Helen Jacobs
Helen Hull Jacobs (August 6, 1908 June 2, 1997), World No. 1 American female tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles. Pictured winning the final of the United States womens singles championship

Background imageJacobs Collection: Beauty and the Barge, by Jacobs and Parker

Beauty and the Barge, by Jacobs and Parker
Beauty and the Barge, by W W Jacobs and Louis N Parker. First produced at the New Theatre, London, August 1904 (preceded by That Brute Simmons). Date: 1904

Background imageJacobs Collection: Suffragette Mens League Shop

Suffragette Mens League Shop
The Mens League for Womens Suffrage was founded in 1907 by Herbert Jacobs. Although it was non-militant and was not affiliated to any political party

Background imageJacobs Collection: Cartoon, New Bridge from Sparkbrook to Smallheath

Cartoon, New Bridge from Sparkbrook to Smallheath
Cartoon, The New Bridge from Sparkbrook to Smallheath (Small Heath), Birmingham. Dr Hugh Thomas and Labourer Tipper. 1888

Background imageJacobs Collection: American Wightman Cup Team

American Wightman Cup Team
Members of the American Wightman Cup Team, from left to right: Josephine Cruickshank, Carolin Babcock, Helen Jacobs, Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey. Date: 1934

Background imageJacobs Collection: W. W. JACOBS

W. W. JACOBS
W.W.JACOBS Writer Date: 1863 - 1943

Background imageJacobs Collection: Advert for St Jacobs Oil in yellow wrappers 1888

Advert for St Jacobs Oil in yellow wrappers 1888
St Jacobs Oil in yellow wrappers, it conquers pain quickly and surely. It acts like magic, penetrates to the seat of the disease, causes thousands of cases of rheumatism and neuralgia. 1888

Background imageJacobs Collection: Baby in cradle made of flowers on a greetings card

Baby in cradle made of flowers on a greetings card
Baby in a cradle made of flowers on a greetings card, advertising Jacobs & Bernstein, Shoe Emporium, New York City, USA. Date: 1881

Background imageJacobs Collection: Betty Blythe in the film Le Puits de Jacob

Betty Blythe in the film Le Puits de Jacob (Jacobs Well / A Daughter of Israel) from Paris Plaisirs number 43, February 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageJacobs Collection: Helen Jacobs in 1934

Helen Jacobs in 1934
Helen Jacobs (1908 1997), American female tennis player, won ten Grand Slam titles. 1934

Background imageJacobs Collection: Stockholm Olympics 1912 - English Relay Team

Stockholm Olympics 1912 - English Relay Team
The English 4 x 100 metres relay team who won gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. From left to right: D. Jacobs, H. M. Macintosh, W. R. Applegarth and V. D Arcy

Background imageJacobs Collection: Three French ladies in crinolines

Three French ladies in crinolines



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