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Cartoon, The Macmillion (Andrew Carnegie)Cartoon, The Macmillion -- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist
Aldford House, Park Lane, Staircase SkylightA photograph which shows the top of the staircase and skylight of Aldford House, a grand mansion in Park Lane, built between 1894-1897 for diamond magnate Alfred Beit
Aldford House, Park Lane, Entrance GateAn architectural drawing which shows a detailed design of an entrance gate for Aldford House, a grand mansion in Park Lane, built between 1894-1897 for diamond magnate Alfred Beit. Date: early 1900s
Westbury House, Long IslandA photograph showing the exterior of Westbury House (Old Westbury Gardens), a Carolean revival mansion which was heavily designed by George Abraham Crawley
George Crawley Silver Locks And HandlesA series of photographs showing some silver locks and handles, ornately designed by British artist George Abraham Crawley, for the decoration of a formal dining room at 1063 Fifth Avenue, New York
George Crawley Console TableA photograph of a highly decorative console table designed by George Abraham Crawley, for the formal dining room of 1063 Fifth Avenue, New York, owned by steel magnate Henry Phipps. Date: circa 1904
1063 Fifth Avenue Dining Room, New YorkA photograph of a formal dining room at 1063 Fifth Avenue, New York, belonging to steel magnate Henry Phipps. The Phipp's patriarch appointed British designer George Abraham Crawley to decorate
Battle of Cecora (September-October, 1620)Polish-Ottoman War (1620-1621). Battle of Cecora (September-October, 1620). Painting by Witold Piwnicki (1850 / 1851-1932), 1877-1878. Detail. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum)
Rupert Murdoch, media magnateRupert Murdoch (Keith Rupert Murdoch, b 1931), Australian-born American media magnate and the founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation. Date: 1981
Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902), British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. Date: 1898
Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902), British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. Date: late 1890s
John Blundell MapleDate: 1891
Suffragette Arson Rivington Pike. The ruins of the bungalow built by William Hesketh Lever, the industrialist and soap magnate, at Rivington Pike, near Bolton
Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of Woolworth sFranklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940) co-founder with his brother Edward Hutton of the Woolworths shopping empire. Date: 1939
Alfred Edwards in Monte CarloAlfred Charles Edwards (10 July 1856 10 March 1914) journalist and magnate of the French press pictured in Monte Carlo on the French Riviera, six months after the mysterious death of his fifth wife
Tatler cover - Tina OnassisFront cover of the Tatler featuring Athina Mary Livanos Onassis Spencer-Churchill Niarchos (19 March 1929 10 October 1974)
William Hesketh Lever, Lord LeverhulmeWilliam Hesketh Lever (1851-1925), later Lord Leverhulme, soap manufacturer and philanthropist. Founder of Port Sunlight, the model community built on the Wirral to accommodate his employees
Gordon Selfridge and Anna May WongRetail supremo, F. Gordon Selfridge, founder of London department store, Selfridges, pictured with American-born Chinese film star, Anna May Wong
Florence Upton playing cards - Magnate from JapanFlorence Upton playing cards - The Magnate from Japan. circa 1900s
Rockefeller - Humorous postcard relating to his wealthRockefellers money is tainted - Taint Mine, Taint Yours! Humorous postcard relating to the staggering wealth of John D. Rockefeller
Grave goods from Dollerup in Jutland. Two drinking horns witGrave goods from a rich double burial of a magnate and his wife found at Dollerup in Jutland. In the womans grave lay two drinking horns with bronze mountings. National Museum of Denmark
Prehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. 50 BC. NPrehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. Carriage sacrificed in a west Jutland. Ceremonial carriages. Probably made in central Europe by Celtic artisans. 50 BC. National Museum of Denmark
First Vct. St DavidsSir JOHN WYNFORD PHILIPPS, first viscount ST DAVIDS businessman, railway magnate. Date: 1860 - 1938
Sir John Blundell Maple - Politician and PhilanthropistSir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet (1845-1903) - Furniture merchant, MP, successful racehorse owner and Philanthropist who rebuilt University College Hospital. Date: 1889
C Vanderbilt / ScribnersCORNELIUS VANDERBILT American rail magnate. Date: 1794 - 1877
C Vanderbilt - SeabaldCornelius Vanderbilt (1794 - 1877) Powerful 19th century rail and shipping magnate. Gained a controlling interest in numerous provincial railroads
Jay Gould (1888 1935), photograph taken in 1908 in New York. Jay Gould was an American tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould
Mellody Farm, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA -- residence of J Ogden Armour, meat packing magnate. The estate had its own railway station. Date: circa 1910
The Channel Tunnel - hints to Aldermen, Heath RobinsonA well-known magnate of the Port of Dover laying the foundation stone of the tunnel in the Channel. An amusing scene envisaged by William Heath Robinson showing various dignitaries observing
Alexander Forbes-LeithAlexander John Forbes-Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie (1847 1925), Scottish Royal Navy officer and US steel magnate. Date: 1909
Leland Stanford (1824 - 1893) American senator and railway magnate
Vanderbilt New York HomeThe picture gallery in the New York home of William Henry Vanderbilt, railway magnate. None of the pictures depicts a railroad train, surprisingly. Date: 1883
William Hanry VanderbiltWILLIAM HENRY VANDERBILT American railway magnate Date: 1821 - 1885
John Taylor JohnstonJOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON American railway magnate and art collector. Date: 1820 - 1893
KRUPP, Alfred (1812-1887). German industrialist of iron and steel. Engraving
C. Arthur PearsonCyril Arthur Pearson (1866 - 1921), English newspaper and magazine publisher.. Date: 1904
USA / Hearst CastleHearst Castle, the palatial estate built for newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, south California, U.S.A. Date: built 1919 - 1947
Sir Henry Strakosch 1871-1943 GBE, mining magnate and chairman of The Economist between 1929 and 1943. He became chairman of the Union Corporation of South Africa in 1924
Smichov - Czech Republic. The Ringhoffer factory (visible in the top right-hand corner of this card), founded in 1852 by railway magnate Baron Franz Ringhoffer (1817-1873)
Booksellers RetreatThe Booksellers Provident Retreat at Abbots Langley, Herts built as a result of the benevolence of paper magnate John Dickinson in 1844. The house is still used this way
Bache Edward CunardSir BACHE EDWARD CUNARD Shipping magnate, member of family originating in Canada; but he was more interested in fox-hunting as master of the Pytchley
CHARLES CRUFT 1852-1938CHARLES CRUFT founder of the largest and best known dog show in the world. Also a pet food magnate selling dog cakes
Japanese Governor / SceneThe Governor of Kanagawa rides forth in great state to the scene of a fire. Local people crouch before the passing magnate, led by a servant with an official banner of his rank