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Background imageJohn Collection: Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmitt

Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmitt
Alexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound

Background imageJohn Collection: Augustus John / Cafe Royal

Augustus John / Cafe Royal
AUGUSTUS EDWIN JOHN The artist and friends at the Cafe Royal in London

Background imageJohn Collection: Project Mercury 7

Project Mercury 7
The original 7 Project Mercury astronauts. Top row (l to r): Alan Shepard, V I Gus Grissom, L G Cooper. Front row (l to r) Walter M Schirra, D K Slayton John Glenn and Scott Carpenter

Background imageJohn Collection: Stone Asylum, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Stone Asylum, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Entrance to the Buckinghamshire County Lunatic Asylum at Stone, near Aylesbury. A porter stands at the right of the gateway

Background imageJohn Collection: Jfk and Family

Jfk and Family
President of the USA 1961-1963, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY with his family; wife Jackie and children, John and Caroline

Background imageJohn Collection: Magna Carta

Magna Carta
King John, pressured by the barons and threatened with insurrection, reluctantly signs the great charter on the Thames island of Runnymede

Background imageJohn Collection: Bournemouth Pier - Bournemouth, Dorset

Bournemouth Pier - Bournemouth, Dorset - viewed from the West Cliff

Background imageJohn Collection: Kells, County Meath, Republic of Ireland

Kells, County Meath, Republic of Ireland

Background imageJohn Collection: Knappogue Castle by night County Clare, Republic of Ireland

Knappogue Castle by night County Clare, Republic of Ireland

Background imageJohn Collection: Dingle Town & Harbour County Kerry Ireland

Dingle Town & Harbour County Kerry Ireland

Background imageJohn Collection: the Village of Dooagh, Achill Island, County Mayo

the Village of Dooagh, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

Background imageJohn Collection: Thatched Cottage in the Yeats Country, Ben Bulben Mountain

Thatched Cottage in the Yeats Country, Ben Bulben Mountain, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland

Background imageJohn Collection: The Round Tower (9th Century) Ardmore, County Waterford

The Round Tower (9th Century) Ardmore, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland

Background imageJohn Collection: The Bright Young People - mock Rayner-Ponsonby wedding

The Bright Young People - mock Rayner-Ponsonby wedding
A group of Bright Young Things indulging in one of their many silly pranks, in this case a mock wedding where Elizabeth Ponsonby married John Rayner. The best man was Robert Byron

Background imageJohn Collection: Recruiting poster for the 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons

Recruiting poster for the 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Recruiting poster for the 7th (or The Queen?s Own) Regiment of (Light Dragoons), 1809.The 7th (or The Queen?s Own) Regiment of (Light Dragoons) had served in Sir John Moore

Background imageJohn Collection: John Keats

John Keats(1795-1821), English poet

Background imageJohn Collection: England cricket team of 1885

England cricket team of 1885
Cricketers of the England eleven of 1885, with W G Grace at the centre, surrounded by Barnes, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Bates, Steel, Read, Peate, Barlow and Ulyett. 1885

Background imageJohn Collection: Fte Day in a Cider Orchard, Normandy

Fte Day in a Cider Orchard, Normandy (1878). Hennessy, William John 1839-1917. Date: 1878

Background imageJohn Collection: Sugar Loaf Mountain, Co. Wicklow

Sugar Loaf Mountain, Co. Wicklow. Campbell, John Henry 1757 - 1828

Background imageJohn Collection: The Rehearsal

The Rehearsal (1950). Luke, John 1906-1975. Date: 1950

Background imageJohn Collection: Snowy Owl, by John James Audubon

Snowy Owl, by John James Audubon
Snowy Owl, Strix Nyctea, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Background imageJohn Collection: Stratford St Mary from the Coombs, by John Constable

Stratford St Mary from the Coombs, by John Constable RA (1776-1837). Suffolk. Date: circa 1800

Background imageJohn Collection: Erythrura gouldiae, Gouldian finch

Erythrura gouldiae, Gouldian finch
Plate 89, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 3, (1840-1848)

Background imageJohn Collection: The Fat Boy of Peckham and his father

The Fat Boy of Peckham and his father
John Trundley, or sometimes, Trunley (1898 - 1944), known as the Fat Boy of Peckham appearing with his father on the front cover of The Tatler magazine in 1903 when he was aged five

Background imageJohn Collection: Jack Johnson Boxer

Jack Johnson Boxer
JOHN ARTHUR JACK JOHNSON American boxer, known as the Galveston Giant : first black heavyweight champion of the world. Date: 1878 - 1946

Background imageJohn Collection: Margaret Murray recruiting for the Jacobites, 1745

Margaret Murray recruiting for the Jacobites, 1745
Margaret Fergusson Murray, Jacobite supporter and wife of (later turncoat) John Murray of Broughton, recruits supporters to the cause and distributes white cockades, the symbol of the Jacobite cause

Background imageJohn Collection: Bayham Street, Camden, London (Dickens)

Bayham Street, Camden, London (Dickens)
16 (now 161) Bayham Street, Camden, London - home to John Dickens and his family, who moved here from Chatham in 1823. Also the residence of Mr Micawber

Background imageJohn Collection: Union Workhouse, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Union Workhouse, Halifax, West Yorkshire
The Halifax Union workhouse on Gibbet Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire. After 1930, it became St Johns Public Assistance Institution

Background imageJohn Collection: Henstead Union Workhouse, Swainsthorpe, Norfolk

Henstead Union Workhouse, Swainsthorpe, Norfolk
The driveway up to Henstead Union workhouse at Swainsthorpe, Norfolk. The building, erected in 1836, was designed by John Brown

Background imageJohn Collection: King Edward VIII as Admiral of the Fleet by John St. Helier

King Edward VIII as Admiral of the Fleet by John St. Helier
King Edward VIII (1894-1972), later Duke of Windsor, painted by John St. Helier Lander in the robes of Admiral of the Fleet and as Sovereign of The Order of the Garter

Background imageJohn Collection: Princess Louise

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) shown in the late 1860s with a pet dog. Louise was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Background imageJohn Collection: R. M. S. Queen Mary leaving Clydebank, March 1936

R. M. S. Queen Mary leaving Clydebank, March 1936
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary leaving John Browns shipyard, Clydebank, for Greenock on 24th March 1936. Several of the seven tugs involved in manoevering the Queen Mary down the Clyde are

Background imageJohn Collection: Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)

Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Engraving of Captain Sir John Franklin in his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

Background imageJohn Collection: John, Bonny Dundee

John, Bonny Dundee
JOHN GRAHAM of Claverhouse, viscount DUNDEE (k.a. Bonny Dundee) a Scottish hero through his support for the Stuart cause, but will die at the battle of Killiecrankie

Background imageJohn Collection: The Beatles c. 1964

The Beatles c. 1964
The Beatles photographed around 1964. From left: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr

Background imageJohn Collection: Jh Newman / Richmond 1844

Jh Newman / Richmond 1844
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, at age 43

Background imageJohn Collection: Crimean War. The Balaklava Banquet, Survivors of the Light C

Crimean War. The Balaklava Banquet, Survivors of the Light C
Portrait engraving of the suvivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade: Major General de Salis, 8th Hussars; Lieut. Colonel Mussenden, 8th Hussars; Colonel Seager, 8th Hussars; EH Woodham

Background imageJohn Collection: Oxton House, Devon, seat of Rev. John Beaumont Swete

Oxton House, Devon, seat of Rev. John Beaumont Swete. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1827

Background imageJohn Collection: Pynes House, Exeter, Devon, 1825

Pynes House, Exeter, Devon, 1825
Pynes House, Exeter, Devon, the seat of Sir Stafford Henry Northcote 1792-1850. Queen Anne style red brick house with slate roof and four brick chimney stacks built by architect Inigo Jones

Background imageJohn Collection: RMS Queen Mary leaving Clyde shipyards, near Glasgow

RMS Queen Mary leaving Clyde shipyards, near Glasgow
RMS Queen Mary (Cunard-White Star liner) leaving the John Brown shipyards on the River Clyde, near Glasgow, on her completion. Date: 1934

Background imageJohn Collection: Oregon grape, Berberis aquifolium

Oregon grape, Berberis aquifolium (Fasciculated barberry, Berberis fascicularis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis

Background imageJohn Collection: Joe Marler - England rugby player

Joe Marler - England rugby player Date: 2010s

Background imageJohn Collection: Gareth Edwards - Welsh rugby player

Gareth Edwards - Welsh rugby player Date: 1970s - 1980s

Background imageJohn Collection: Gunpowder Plot Conspirators

Gunpowder Plot Conspirators
The Gunpowder Plot - The Conspirators, including Guido (Guy) Fawkes and Robert Catesby. Date: 1605

Background imageJohn Collection: Butlins - Skegness

Butlins - Skegness
Butlins Skegness - The Putting Green & Monorail

Background imageJohn Collection: A Ceremonial Occasion at Windsor Castle

A Ceremonial Occasion at Windsor Castle Date: 1960s

Background imageJohn Collection: Waterford

Waterford, Republic of Ireland

Background imageJohn Collection: Lough Derg on the River Shannon, Republic of Ireland

Lough Derg on the River Shannon, Republic of Ireland



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