Lanchester Collection

Lanchester car
A Lanchester car (10 HP) and suave-looking driver in relaxed pose on a suburban street

Lanchester veteran car advertisement, early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester
Husband and wife, actors Charles Laughton (1899-1962) and Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986). At the time they were respectively playing Henry VIII

The coffee-stall presided over by an artist barman : Miss Elsa Lanchester and Mr John Armstrong at the Select Evenings club, 1924, a club and cabaret show in Bloomsbury, London

Page from The Sketch, 5th October 1927: The presiding genius at the new Seven Dials Cave of Harmony. Miss Elsa Lanchester and her expressive hands. Date: 1927

Portrait of Frederick William Lanchester. Date: circa 1930

IAE President, 1943-44, George Herbert Lanchester. Date: 1944

IAE President, 1910-11, Frederick William Lanchester, by Elliott and Fry. Date: 1911

The Maharajah of Alwars bespoke Lanchester - with carriage section both open and closed. 1924

Tallulah Bankhead, Elsa Lanchester & Gwen Farrar
Stars of a charity matinee in aid of the Central Council for the Care of Crippled Children organised by Gwen Farrar (second from left) and attended by H.R.H. the Duchess of York

Union Cottage Homes, Lanchester, County Durham
A view of the Union cottage homes at Lanchester opened in 1905 to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Some of the inmates can be seen in the grounds. Date: circa 1910

Shakes Versus Shav by George Bernard Shaw
Promotional postcard for Shakes v Shaw, a ten-minute puppet play by George Bernard Shaw. First produced at the Lyttleton Hall, Malvern, 9th August 1949 and Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens

Lanchester Veteran Car, Hollow Lane, East Hoathly, Lewes, En
Lanchester Veteran Car, Hollow Lane, East Hoathly, Lewes, near Uckfield, Sussex, England. Date: 1900s

Lanchester Vintage Car, Sheringham Hall, Sheringham, England
Lanchester Vintage Car, Sheringham Hall, Sheringham, near Cromer, Norfolk, England. Date: 1910

Lanchester Vintage Car, Thought to be at Derby, England
Lanchester Vintage Car, Thought to be at Derby, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1900s

Dr Frederick William Lanchester HonFRAeS (1868-1946)
Dr Frederick William Lanchester, HonFRAeS, 1868-1946. Date: 1946

?Centre shaft? ? Lanchester drawing

?Male cone? ? Lanchester drawing

Lanchester flying testbed used to develop engines for the Gloster Meteor, from 1943 Date: 1943

Lanchester motor carriage advert / IMechE

Lanchester blueprint / IMechE

Lanchester car / IMechE

Lanchester Streamlined
My grandfather had a Lanchester : this is the so- called Streamlined saloon, though it doesn t look any more streamlined than its competitors. Date: 1936

Lanchester Ten car advert
Advertisement for the Lanchester Ten car, with comfortable upholstery and a cruising speed of 55 mph with top speed of 65 mph. Date: 1947

Daimler and Lanchester advertisement
In celebration of a new Elizabethan era, Daimler and Lanchester invoke the British successes in manufacturing under Elizabeth I

Roadside Picnic with Lanchester
Five chaps have a roadside picnic alongside their parked Lanchester (10 HP) car

Charles Laughton as Captain Hook
Charles Laughton playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the London Palladium. Elsa Lanchester, his wife, was Peter

First British car
Photograph of the first British motor car, an 8-h.p. Lanchester, made in 1896 and exhibited in the historical section of The Motor Show

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