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Background imageLetter Collection: Letter to Laura Francatelli, RMS Titanic survivor

Letter to Laura Francatelli, RMS Titanic survivor
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Previously unseen letter dated 5th May 1938 on United Artists Studio Corporation, Hollywood notepaper to Titanic First Class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli

Background imageLetter Collection: White Star Line, RMS Olympic, Chief Officer Wilde letter

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, Chief Officer Wilde letter
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, handwritten letter from Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde on board Olympic dated 14th September 1911, only six days before her collision with HMS Hawke. Date: 1911

Background imageLetter Collection: White Star Line, First Class Elkington water jug

White Star Line, First Class Elkington water jug
White Star Line, First Class Elkington oversize water jug and cover with date letter for 1911. 12ins. Date: 1911

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic, table of English composer Archibald Joyce

RMS Titanic, table of English composer Archibald Joyce
An important piece of musical and Titanic history, a late 19th/early 20th century oak barley twist gateleg table on which the composer and ?English Waltz King? Archibald Joyce (1873)

Background imageLetter Collection: White Star Line, First Class Elkington coffee pot

White Star Line, First Class Elkington coffee pot
White Star Line, First Class Elkington oversize coffee pot and cover with date letter for 1911. 11ins. Date: 1911

Background imageLetter Collection: Samuel Code letter on The Klondyke Nugget stationery

Samuel Code letter on The Klondyke Nugget stationery
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Handwritten letter signed S. F. Cody dated May 22nd 1901 on Klondyke Nugget stationery relating to his Wild West show. Date: 1901

Background imageLetter Collection: WW2, The Letter Home

WW2, The Letter Home
This illustration depicts a scene in which a British WW2 soldier, surrounded by companions, is writing a letter to his loved ones at home. Date: circa 1941

Background imageLetter Collection: WW2, Good News

WW2, Good News
An illustration which portrays a little girl wearing striped pyjamas, she has just read a letter from a loved one, dictating that he is coming home from serving in WW2. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageLetter Collection: Girl posting a letter, by Mabel Lucie Attwell

Girl posting a letter, by Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1927

Background imageLetter Collection: Pether's Sign Makers, 58-60 Banner Street, London EC

Pether's Sign Makers, 58-60 Banner Street, London EC - entrance to premises Date: 1903

Background imageLetter Collection: Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Memorial of Maria Pita

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Memorial of Maria Pita
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English

Background imageLetter Collection: Letter sent by King Philip II to City Council of La Coruna

Letter sent by King Philip II to City Council of La Coruna
Philip II (1527-1598). King of Spain. Letter sent by King Philip II to the City Council of La Coruna thanking the city for its resistance to the English siege

Background imageLetter Collection: If Dreams Came True

If Dreams Came True
This painting acts as an advertisement for De Reszke Cigarettes, and was inspired by the artist, from a letter sent by a military officer at the front to the cigarette manufacturers

Background imageLetter Collection: White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Charles Crumplin letter

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Charles Crumplin letter
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - First Class Bedroom Steward and victim Charles Crumplin, handwritten letter on Titanic stationery with White Star Line watermark, undated but written from Queenstown

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - two insurance company letters

RMS Titanic - two insurance company letters
RMS Titanic - two letters dated 27 June 1912 and 24 September 1912, from the North British & Mercantile Insurance Co in Edinburgh to the Ocean Marine Insurance Company in London

Background imageLetter Collection: White Star Line, RMS Olympic - letter and passenger list

White Star Line, RMS Olympic - letter and passenger list
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - letter handwritten on board, and First Class passenger list for June 1927. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageLetter Collection: White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board

White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp, rare Titanic lettercard written on board and posted with original one penny stamp

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic officer Charles Lightoller - resignation

RMS Titanic officer Charles Lightoller - resignation
RMS Titanic - Second Officer Charles Lightoller's resignation. Letter from Charles Bartlett, Marine Superintendent of White Star Line, dated 13 February 1920 to Charles Lightoller

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - Artie Frost's measuring instruments

RMS Titanic - Artie Frost's measuring instruments
RMS Titanic - Anthony (Artie) Wood Frost was a member of the Harland & Wolff Titanic Guarantee Group, one of nine employees chosen to oversee the smooth running of Titanic's maiden voyage

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - passenger's album of scraps

RMS Titanic - passenger's album of scraps
RMS Titanic - album of scraps, which were the property of Richard May, a Titanic passenger who travelled only as far as Queenstown, Ireland

Background imageLetter Collection: Letter from Captain Edward Smith to his daughter

Letter from Captain Edward Smith to his daughter
Future Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, from RMS Baltic - a unique handwritten letter to his daughter Helen, dated 29 November 1906: My Dear Daughter

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - cigar case recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett

RMS Titanic - cigar case recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a silver cigar case of rectangular outline with rounded corners

Background imageLetter Collection: Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia

Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia
Handwritten letter written on board RMS Carpathia dated 15 August 1912 with original Cunard envelope. Dear Papa and boys... we were delayed by boarding a large cargoe (sic) of spaghetti

Background imageLetter Collection: Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry

Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry
RMS Titanic, Captain Maurice Clarke Archive. Typed notes dated 28 April 1912 relating to the Board of Trade enquiry into the Titanic disaster

Background imageLetter Collection: Daily Mirror, Titanic disaster, W T Stead

Daily Mirror, Titanic disaster, W T Stead
The Daily Mirror - W T Stead, victim of the Titanic disaster. Original copy of The Daily Mirror dated 18 April 1912. Date: 1912

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Olympic - on board letter card

RMS Olympic - on board letter card
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - on board letter card dated 27 February 1912, only six weeks before Titanic sank and postally used 1 March 1912. This is the largest and finest boat in the world'

Background imageLetter Collection: Motorsport - Le Mans winning Jaguar XJ9

Motorsport - Le Mans winning Jaguar XJ9 rear racing wheel and front tyre from the Tom Walkinshaw Silk Cut Jaguar racing team, 1988

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - letter to James Moody's sister

RMS Titanic - letter to James Moody's sister
RMS Titanic - highly significant and historically important letter to Sixth Officer James Moody's sister. Dated 7 May 1912

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - archive of Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer

RMS Titanic - archive of Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer
RMS Titanic, archive of Joseph Bell (1861-1912), Chief Engineer on the Titanic, and victim of the disaster. Collection of letters and ephemera relating to Mr Bell's son Frank

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - letter in Swedish, Carl Asplund, victim

RMS Titanic - letter in Swedish, Carl Asplund, victim
RMS Titanic - Lillian Asplund Collection - a letter written in Swedish, including the words of an old Swedish song, and mentioning his son Oscar. Recovered from Carl Asplund's body

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - letter to Carl Asplund, victim

RMS Titanic - letter to Carl Asplund, victim
RMS Titanic - Lillian Asplund Collection - a letter written in Swedish, dated Worcester, 28 February 1912, to Carl Asplund. I have received your letter today

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - second class passenger John Gill, victim

RMS Titanic - second class passenger John Gill, victim
RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger John Gill (1888-1912), letter dated 22 November 1912 from the White Star Line steamship department to Mrs Sarah Gill of Clevedon, Somerset

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - Mansion House Relief Fund

RMS Titanic - Mansion House Relief Fund
RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Samuel Herman, letter from the Mansion House Relief Fund regarding assistance to Mr Herman's family, together with a newspaper cutting. Date: 1912

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - letter from Carl Zeidler of Toronto, Canada

RMS Titanic - letter from Carl Zeidler of Toronto, Canada
RMS Titanic - letter dated 6 May 1912 relating to the loss of a cable on the Titanic, from Carl Zeidler, an explorer in Toronto, to Messrs Houston Bros, Vicksburg, Missouri, USA. Date: 1912

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - William Logan Gwinn items

RMS Titanic - William Logan Gwinn items
RMS Titanic - items relating to William Logan Gwinn (or Gwynne), Postal Clerk who lost his life at the age of 37 when the ship sank

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - ivorine letter opener

RMS Titanic - ivorine letter opener
RMS Titanic - unusual ivorine letter opener, with the liner depicted on one side and her details on the other

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - letter and envelope from W T Stead

RMS Titanic - letter and envelope from W T Stead
RMS Titanic - a one page typed letter, with envelope, from W T Stead to his friend and biographer Edith K Harper, on The Review of Reviews headed notepaper, dated 13 November 1891

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Lusitania - handwritten letter on printed stationery

RMS Lusitania - handwritten letter on printed stationery
RMS Lusitania - letter written on board the Lusitania by Stewardess Ann Roberts on the outward leg of the journey that would culminate in the loss of the Lusitania

Background imageLetter Collection: RMS Titanic - Shipping Casualties report and letter

RMS Titanic - Shipping Casualties report and letter
RMS Titanic, Shipping Casualties report and letter from Matson Life Raft Company of Boston, USA. From a collection of documents and newspapers discovered at the old school of Sir Arthur Rostron

Background imageLetter Collection: Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in play scene

Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in play scene
Actors Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in the letters scene from Pinero's play, His House in Order Date: 1906

Background imageLetter Collection: Nelson letter to Bankers

Nelson letter to Bankers
A letter sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson to his bankers, requesting money to be paid to Emma Hamilton Date: 1804

Background imageLetter Collection: Joan Crawford Fan Mail

Joan Crawford Fan Mail
A fan's letter to Joan Crawford, using a portrait of her face in lieu of an address. Date: 1933

Background imageLetter Collection: Paper and Parchment Binding Fragments

Paper and Parchment Binding Fragments
Fragments of paper and parchment salvaged from the binding of a book. Two pieces of parchment are from the same document, possibly a letter or deed

Background imageLetter Collection: Preface to Martial's Epigrammata by Merula

Preface to Martial's Epigrammata by Merula
Two attached folios, paper, probably the endpaper and first leaf of a volume. Folio 1, which would have been the endpaper

Background imageLetter Collection: Queen Mary's letter, For Freedom, 26 April 1918

Queen Mary's letter, For Freedom, 26 April 1918
Queen Mary's letter from Windsor Castle, For Freedom, 26 April 1918 Date: 1918

Background imageLetter Collection: Decorative lettering typography, STOCK

Decorative lettering typography, STOCK, featuring farm animals and farming Date: circa 1840

Background imageLetter Collection: Three young princes, children of Ferdinand, duke of Parma

Three young princes, children of Ferdinand, duke of Parma
Giuseppe Baldrighi (1723-1803). Italian painter. Three young princes, the children of Ferdinand, duke of Parma, ca.1775-1776. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019



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