Lived Collection (page 4)

Matthew Greathead (100)
MATTHEW GREATHEAD Yorkshire widower, a Freemason for 72 years, still in full possession of his faculties when this portrait was done in his 100th year. Date: 1770 - 1870+

Henry Hastings (110)
HENRY HASTINGS second son of the Earl of Huntingdon, noted animal lover but also keen hunter till in his 80s : his eyesight perfect to the end of his days. Date: 1550 - 1650

Georg Franck at Age 94
GEORG FRANCK Fine portrait of an elderly German at age 94 : we are not told how much longer he lived. Date: 1678 - ?

Hercules Humphreys (102)
HERCULES HUMPHREYS Resident of Elnsham, Oxfordshire : who at age 100 gave evidence at a trial, showing that he retained his faculties to the end. Date: 1698 - 1800

JOHN DOD, puritan divine who lived to the age of 96 Date: 1549 - 1645

ST Simeon the Ancient
Saint Simeon the Ancient (? - ?390) - Syrian saint who lived in a cave

St Rosalia / Commans
SAINT ROSALIA Sicilian saint who lived in a grotto Date: - 1160

James Gardiner
JAMES GARDINER soldier who lived a licentious life until 1719, when a supernatural vision converted him to behave himself Date: 1688 - 1745

John Hewson (Gucht)
JOHN HEWSON shoemaker who rose to the rank of general in Cromwells army, regicide, escaped at the Restoration and lived in exile Date: ? - 1662

Countess of Desmond / 148
COUNTESS OF DESMOND Katherine Fitzgerald, second wife of Thomas, 12th earl of Desmond, who lived to the age of 148 (though some say she was even older) Date: 1464 - 1612

Goldsmith / Green Harbour
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Corner of Break-neck Stairs, Green Harbour Court, Old Bailey, where the Irish writer lived in 1758 Date: 1730 - 1774

G Stephenson - Bullbridge
George Stephenson (1781 - 1848) Bullbridge, near Ambergate, where the engineer lived

Reynolds / Leicester Sq
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS House in Leicester Square where the English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy lived Date: 1723 - 1792

Shelley - Lynmouth Cottage
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822) - English poets cottage at Lynmouth, where he lived circa 1812 to 1813

George Eliot / Chelsea
GEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS) Home of the English novelist at 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, where she lived in later life with her husband, John Cross Date: 1819 - 1880

Ruskin / Herne Hill Home
JOHN RUSKIN Early home of the English art critic and writer, Herne Hill, south-east London, where he lived for over twenty years Date: 1819 - 1900

Purcell home Westminster
HENRY PURCELL English composers home in Bowling Alley, Westminster, quite a long time after he lived there Date: 1659 - 1695

Coleridge Highgate House
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE House of the Gillman family at 3 The Grove, Highgate, London, where the English poet and critic lived and died Date: 1772 - 1834

Aristomachus
ARISTOMACHUS Greek writer of Solos, who observed, loved and wrote about bees : no one seems to know exactly when he lived Date: BC

W. Irvings Home
WASHINGTON IRVING His home at Sunnyside near Tarrytown, New York, where he lived from 1846 Date: 1783 - 1859

John Hewson Mocked
JOHN HEWSON mocking caricature of the shoemaker who rose to the rank of general in Cromwells army, regicide, escaped at the Restoration and lived in exile Date: ? - 1662

John Hewson Caricature
JOHN HEWSON hostile caricature of the shoemaker who rose to the rank of general in Cromwells army, regicide, escaped at the Restoration and lived in exile Date: ? - 1662

Heinrich Heine / Montmartr
HEINRICH HEINE Proposed monument to the German poet and critic in Montmartre Cemetery (he lived in Paris from 1831) Date: 1797 - 1856

Rw Emerson / Old Manse
RALPH WALDO EMERSON American writers home at the Old Manse, Concord, Massachusetts (where Hawthorne also lived for a time) Date: 1803 - 1882

Saint Cuthbert / Farne Isl
SAINT CUTHBERT Alone on Farne Island, where he lived as a hermit Date: 635? - 687

Henry Jenkins Aged 169
HENRY JENKINS who lived to the age of 169 Date: 18th century and more

Lady on a bus
Although the last not least. Fat lady boarding a bus. Artist: Hylton Cock. (Cock was also an antique dealer who occupied the premises before World War 1 which is now The Taste of Raj on The Parade in)

Diogenes (Thevet)
DIOGENES Cynic philosopher who lived in a tub Date: 412 - 323 BC

Birchington VAD nurses
Studio photograph (Houghton, Margate & Broadstairs) of the Birchington (Kent/178) VAD nurses. A group of ten nurses is shown

Mitsubishi J2M1 Jack -first flown in March 1942, this dedicated interceptor never fully lived up to its early promise Only 621 built

Blisworth - Captain Elmhursts house seen in 1905 and now a listed building. Captain Elmhurst was a keen polo player and lived at the house until he died around 1916

Edwardian factory worker Christopher Tipping
1901 Census - Christopher Tipping aged 55 (so about 60 in the photo) a Hatter - Blocker of hats, born Stockport. His lived at 27 Sydney Street, Stockport with his wife Betty aged 64

Edwardian family group outside house
Identified by the photographer at the time, the 1911 Census shows Joseph Henry Green, age 34 born High Lane, occupation Hatters Proofer, his wife Harriett Green, 34, and son Jack Green

Spain. Tarragona. Walls
SPAIN. Tarragona. Roman City walls and Pilatus Tower (where Cesar lived ). Roman art. Early Empire. Architecture

Photograph of Sergeant Herbert Gibson. A collection of humourous drawings sent by Bert to his girlfriend, Cissi Bell, who lived at 5 Curtis Road, Fenham, Newcastle on Tyne. They never married

The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R W Campbell, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R W Campbell - Author of Private Spud Tamson (published by Cassell)

Soldier writing, WW1
Soldier writing, from the Sketch Book of 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Soldier smoking pipe - Bowler, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. From the Sketch Book of 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, WW1
Portrait of General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien with the British flag. By 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Air raid over London seen from Trafalgar Square, WW1
Air-raid over London seen from Trafalgar Square. By 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Strand Union Workhouse, Cleveland Street, London
A view of the former Strand Union workhouse, later part of the Middlesex Hospital, on Cleveland Street in Londons Fitzrovia District

France Vaucluse
La Fontaine de Vaucluse and the chateau where the poet Petrarch lived. Date: 1835

France Ermenonville
The park is today named for Jean-Jacques Rousseau who lived here and who lies buried in the grounds. Date: 18th century

Gertrude Van Der Goes
Gertrude Francoise Van Der Goes who she Was, No One Knows, we Know where she Lived, and when she Died, but Nothing Else those Facts Beside. Date: ? - 1803

Sergius Stepniak
SERGIUS STEPNIAK Russian nihilist, author of Underground Russia etc. self-exiled to England, lived in Bedford Park, London. Date: 1852 - 1895

John D Rockefeller
JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER American financier, head of the Standard Oil Companies probably the richest man in material wealth that ever lived. Date: 1839 - 1937

Hermione Von Preuschen
HERMIONE VON PREUSCHEN German artist and poet, who lived a colourful life : one of her paintings, satirising Wilhelm I, caused a scandal. Date: 1854 - 1918

Edward & Edward Pierce
EDWARD PIERCE the elder (died 1698) and EDWARD PIERCE the younger, who presumably lived into the 18th century... the younger, like his father, was a sculptor by profession. Date: ? - 1698

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