Lived Collection (page 3)

Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

Resting (1905). Orpen, Sir William 1878-1931. The model used for Resting was one of Orpen?s favourites, a young washerwoman called Lottie Stafford who lived in a decrepit street called Paradise Walk

Nursery Rhyme Characters, including humpty dumpty, the Queen of Hearts, the Old Woman in the Shoe, the cow who jumped over the moon, the cat and the fiddle

There Was a Crooked Man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse

Isobel Walker
Scottish lady of Aberdeen who died at the age of 112

HEBE
Daughter of Zeus and Hera, Hebe was the Greek goddess of youth; she lived on Mount Olympus, and was cupbearer to the Gods when not caring for her mothers peacocks

Rembrandts House - Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Rembrandts House (Woning) - Amsterdam - The Netherlands. Restored, 17th-century house where Rembrandt lived & worked for 20 years, hung with his etchings (1639-1658). Now a museum. Date: circa 1910s

Studio photograph of Jules Deruwez
Studio photograph of a Belgian soldier patient in civilian clothes. On the reverse is written in pencil in the hand of Major Powell-Cotton Jules Deruwez 8.2.15

Sir Charles Fox - 2
SIR CHARLES FOX Engineer, whose projects included the construction of Paxtons Crystal Palace : he lived at Blackheath where our Library is located. Date: 1810 - 1874

Mary Bond Eyrick
MARY BOND EYRICK the long-lived wife of sir John Eyrick Date: 1514 - 1611

John Dethick
JOHN DETHICK Beyond the fact that he lived at West Newton, Norfolk, neither we nor the British Museum know what is this gentlemans claim to fame. Date: 1567 - 1657

Robert Charles Dallas
ROBERT CHARLES DALLAS Jamaica-born writer, best known for his association with Byron, about whom he wrote a volume of reminiscences. He lived mostly abroad. Date: 1754 - 1824

Joseph Cradock - 2
JOSEPH CRADOCK Writer of plays, travel notes (he climbed Snowdon !) and a novel against gambling; in his later years he lived on turnips and roasted apples. Date: 1742 - 1826

Joseph Cradock - 1
JOSEPH CRADOCK Writer of plays, travel notes (he climbed Snowdon !) and a novel against gambling; in his later years he lived on turnips and roasted apples. Date: 1742 - 1826

Thomas Sidney Cooper
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER English artist, as a young man - he lived to be 99 ! Date: 1803 - 1902

Sir Henry Chauncy
SIR HENRY CHAUNCY Serjeant at Law, author of a History of Hertfordshire, where he lived. Date: 1632 - 1719

Antoine Chabaud
ANTOINE CHABAUD French colonel of engineers - he lived, he died, without a word of reproach. Date: 1727 - 1791

Charles Lucien Bonaparte
CHARLES LUCIEN BONAPARTE, Prince of Canino; son of Napoleons brother Lucien : a philosopher, who lived chiefly in Italy. Date: 1803 - 1857

Steenockerzeel Castle, Belgium, where Prince Otto von Habsburg and his mother, ex-Empress Zita (Austro-Hungarian Royalty) lived until 1939. Date: 1930s

Louise Ackermann, Writer
LOUISE VICTORINE CHOQUET ACKERMANN, French mystical poet who, when her husband died after 2 years, lived a solitary existence in an old convent near Nice. Date: 1813 - 1890

Achille Bazaine (John)
ACHILLE-FRANCOIS BAZAINE French soldier in Crimea, Mexico, Italy, but defeated in war with Prussia, court- martialled, imprisoned : escaped, lived in exile. Date: 1811 - 1888

Johann Philip Baratier
JOHANN PHILIP BARATIER (1721 - 1740) Short-lived German scholar, who died at the age of 19. Date: circa 1735

Abraham a Santa Clara
ABRAHAM A SANTA CLARA (secular name Ulrich Megerle) German friar and theologian, lived and died in Vienna. Date: 1644 - 1709

Hotel De LA Victoire
The HOTEL DE LA VICTOIRE, in the rue de la Victoire, Paris, where Napoleon lived before his rise to power following the 18 Brumaire. Date: 1790s

Catherine Warman (107)
CATHERINE WARMAN Prussian-born girl who came to England, lost two husbands, and became a resident in St Martins almshouse, London : lively and bright to the end. Date: 1648 - 1755

Tom Thumb (18th Cent)
TOM THUMB a resident of Bristol, depicted at the age of 105; his precise dates are unknown, but this is a late 18th century engraving. Date: 18th century

Martha Saunders (104+)
MARTHA SAUNDERS Resident of Magpie Alley, Grays inn Road, London who was 104 years old when this fine mezzotint was made. Date: 1671 - 1775+

Jane Scrimshaw (127)
JANE SCRIMSHAW A Londoner who never married, she became a resident of Merchant Taylors alms-house, about 1630, and stayed there some 80 years. Date: 1584 - 1711

Ivan & Sara Rovin
IVAN AND SARA ROVIN Hungarian couple, who were married for 148 years ! When they died in the same year, their youngest son was a youngster of only 116. Date: 1569 / 1577 - 1741

MARY READ (102+)
MARY READ Resident of West Cowes, Isle of Wight, twice married, mother of eleven : she lived 102, perhaps 104 years, and visited Victoria at Osborne Date: 1749? - 1851

Thomas Laugher (114)
THOMAS LAUGHER Born in Worcestershire, he ended his days St Martins workhouse, London, retaining his faculties till 3 days before he died. Date: 1699 - 1813

Peter Garden (131)
PETER GARDEN Scotsman from Aberdeenshire, famous for his uninterrupted health, gigantic stature and longevity, keeping his faculties entire to the last Date: 1624 - 1755

David Ferguson (124)
DAVID FERGUSON Scotsman, youngest of 15 : shoemaker by trade, but he served as a soldier for much of his life and was active till nearly the end. Date: 1694 - 1818

Christian Drakenberg 146
CHRISTIAN JACOBSEN DRAKENBERG Danish resident of Aarhus, a boatswain in the Danish navy, noted for the most Wonderful and Whimsical Stories. Date: 1626 - 1772

Edward Burrell (Longlife
EDWARD BURRELL Coachman to the duke of Somerset, under Charles I, but unfortunately the print does not tell us when he died. Date: 1629 - 17 ?

Henry Evans (104)
HENRY EVANS Welshman, born at Haberdan in the county of Caernarvon. Date: 1606 - 1710

Quersonnieres (117)
NOEL DES QUERSONNIERES French official during the Revolution, subsequently exiled himself to London where he presumably died, aged 118. Date: 1728 - 1846

Matthew Champion (111)
MATTHEW CHAMPION Flemish-born resident of Great Yarmouth, son of a farrier so perhaps himself a farrier : he died at age 111. Date: 1682 - 1793

Jean Causeur (130)
JEAN CAUSEUR Butcher of Ploumouguer, in basse Bretagne, France : he is said to have lived 130 years. Date: 1642 - 1772

Mary Brettell (104)
MARY BRETTELL or BRITTAL Welsh-born lady, a widow, of Twickenham near London, who lived to be 104 enjoying her faculties to the last. Date: 1717 - 1821

William Aldridge (113)
WILLIAM ALDRIDGE Wheelwright of Acton, Middlesex, who lived for 113 years : he was 112 when this portrait was made. Date: 1584 - 1698

Mary Benton (120)
MARY BENTON Countrywoman of Kiverston, Durham, England : at age 119 she fed her chickens, enjoyed good hearing and sight, and never consulted a doctor. Date: 1731 - 1851

Elizabeth Broadmead (117
ELIZABETH BROADMEAD Resident of Wilton, Somerset, who took part in Monmouths rebellion, 1685 : she was 115 when this portrait was done. Date: 1670 - 1785

Thomas Cooke, the miser of Islington, and his wife who he married for her wealth : together they lived a life of ridiculous parsimony, suspicious of everyone Date: 1726 - 1811

Albertje Kuyskens (102)
ALBERTJE KUYSKENS Dutch lady, who ended her days in an almshouse at Haarlem Date: 1698 - 1800

Ottele Von Hoe (115)
JOHANN OTTELE VON HOHE Long-lived German citizen whose beard had a long time to grow long in. Drawn when he was only 115 years old. Date: 1542 - 1663

Thomas Laugher (114) Wl
THOMAS LAUGHER Born in Worcestershire, he ended his days St Martins workhouse, London, retaining his faculties till 3 days before he died. Date: 1699 - 1813

Elias Hoyle (113)
ELIAS HOYLE Yorkshireman from Sowerby, who we are told lived to be 113 : but when he was born and when he died, we are not told. Date: circa 1600

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