Mentioned Collection

Lycurgus of Sparta
LYCURGUS OF SPARTA Legendary Greek lawgiver, mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch and Xenophon, who praise his legislation

Saint Hermione
The virgin Hermione was one of the four daughters of deacon Philip, mentioned in Acts of the Apostles. She was decapitated in the reign of the emperor Trajan. Date: 1st - 2nd century

Pet Gazelle
Gazelle brought to England from Africa by Captain Denham of the Avon steamship : though a popular pet, it is sufficiently unusual to be mentioned by the ILN

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)

Chiddingstone High Street. One of the prettiest villages in Kent, and perhaps England, Chiddingstone is a beautiful example of a Tudor one-street village

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - publicity booklet, containing five sepia plates of the liner's first class areas complete with original tissue covers

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - two items
Captain John Treasure Jones Archive. Born and raised on a small farm in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, John Treasure Jones (1905-1993) went to sea at the age of 15

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

Exterior of the Black Bull Inn, Holborn, London in 1904. This ancient inn was mentioned by Charles Dickens in connection with the immortal character Mrs. Gamp'. Date: 1904

Comic postcard, Vicar and little girl Date: 20th century

Bermondsey Abbey
View of Bermondsey Abbey in 1790. It was an English Benedictine monastery. Most widely known as an 11th-century foundation, it had a precursor mentioned in the early eighth century

Tottenham High Cross was erected in Tottenham sometime between 1600 and 1609 by Owen Wood, Dean of Armagh, on the site of a wooden wayside cross first mentioned in 1409

Dorchester House, Highgate
View of Dorchester House, Highgate, erected by Henry Pierrepont, first Marquess of Dorchester, is mentioned as early as the year 1650. Date: 1875

Essex Yeomanry Memorial, German Bunker Gold Beach
The Essex came ashore here at O730 on D-Day equipped with Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) tanks and Sextons (self-propelled 25 pdr guns)

MAP / GENTILE NATIONS
A map of the Gentile Nations, as mentioned in the Prophets and historical books of the Old Testament. Date: BC

LA NOTTE DI SAN LORENZO
Little is known about this opera, not mentioned in our reference books : however, we can safely say the action is set in Venice, and concerns a gentleman and a lady... Date: 1923

Old Coal Exchange
Engaving depicting the coal exchange that was first mentioned in 1758 in what is now Lower Thames Street

All Hallows the Great
All-Hallows-the-Great was a church in the City of London, located on what is now Upper Thames Street, first mentioned in 1235

Sea Front, Cromer - Houses, Church tower, behind beach wall, fishing boat in f/g. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Cromer is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086

Marduk-apla-iddina II or Marduk-Baladan. Kudurro (stela)
Marduk-apla-iddina II or Marduk-Baladan. Chaldean prince who usurpedd the Babylonian throne in 721BC. Reigned 722-710BC and 703-703BC. Kudurro (stela). Babylon exposore. Louvre. Paris

Andreas Colyns De Nole
ANDREAS COLYNS DE NOLE Dutch, Flemish or German sculptor, not mentioned in our reference books. Date: 17TH CENTURY

Saint Sura is not mentioned in any of our reference books, so we can tell you nothing about her. Possibly she was one of the many good women martyred in the 3rd century. Date: probably 3rd century

Colonel Langhorne
COLONEL LANGHORNE Civil War soldier, but not mentioned in our reference books Date: flourished 1640s

St Jestin Ab Geraint
ST JESTIN AB GERAINT Welsh saint - but not mentioned in any reference book we have Date: circa 7th century ?

Eyam Ball Hotel and rocks, Dovedale
Labelled as the Eyam Ball Hotel, this shows the street approaching the dwelling mentioned - it also notes the piles of rock by the front door which may have been in place for use as a flood defence

Miss. Edme e Manning Suffragette. Miss Edme e Manning B.A. Possibly an organiser for the Manchester branch of the Womens Freedom League in 1910

Miniature - Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, MC
Miniature portrait of Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, M.C. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. Born 1884, died 1920. Captured on the 17th May 1915 (Battle of Festubert) commanding F Company

Thomas, Lord Coningsby 1656 - 1729 (1692). Bate, Thomas fl. c. 1692. This is the only work known by Thomas Bate, who worked in Ireland towards the end of the seventeenth century

The Romance of the Rose

The Romance of the Rose. s. XIV. Its mentioned
" The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. " Its mentioned how kings are made". Miniature of fol. 68v. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Valencia. Valencia University Library."

The sale of Manhattan (price not mentioned) - a continuous performance. Illustration shows a modern version of the sale of Manhattan Island between unidentified legislators masquerading as Natives

Piemonte Coast
This is Mortole, not mentioned in any of our reference books or on the internet, but its a fine view of the coast of northern Italy. Date: 1850

THE SHAMBLES BY NIGHT
THE SHAMBLES Often called Europes best preserved Medieval street; mentioned in the Doomsday book, York, England. Date: 1950s

England / Worth Matravers
Worth Matravers, a lovely village in Dorset, England. It is mentioned by name in the Domesday Book in 1086. Noted for its fine stone quarries. Date: 1950s

The Hermitage, Chester, Cheshire, England. This is an 18th century building, on the site of an Anchorite, or Hermits Cell, mentioned in records of 1363. Date: 18th century

A DICKENS PUB
The Wagon and Horses, Beckhampton, Wiltshire, England, a pleasant old thatched wayside inn, mentioned in Dickens The Bagmans Story. Date: 19th century

Reading Chronicle / Persia
AHASUERUS or XERXES I the Great King of Persia (486-465 BC), who features in the Book of Esther, and fought against the Greeks

Southwark / White Hart Inn
The headquarters of Jack Cade when he attacked London in 1450, mentioned in Shakespeares Henry VI, and where Pickwick met Sam Weller in Dickens Pickwick Papers

Philip the Apostle 3
Though mentioned from time to time in the Gospel, we know little about him: he is thought to have preached in Greece until crucified at Hierapolis. Date: first century

Philip the Apostle + X
SAINT PHILIP THE APOSTLE Though mentioned sporadically in the Gospel, we know little about him : he is thought to have preached in Greece until he was crucified and stoned

Willesden Church
Willsdon Church, Middlesex. The church was first mentioned in 1181 but wasn t recorded as St. Marys until around 1280. By 1500s was known for its shrine to the Virgin Mary

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