Merchant Collection (page 10)

Merchant Checks Goods
A British merchant supervises a stock take of goods while his assistant jots down the details in a ledger with a quill pen. Date: 1827

German Merchant at Books
A German merchant and his secretary at their books

George Gizen
GEORGE GIZEN London merchant Date: circa 1500

Macklin / Shylock / 1775
CHARLES MACKLIN as SHYLOCK in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice Act IV Scene I Date: 1697 - 1797

Sir William McArthur
SIR WILLIAM MCARTHUR Merchant and Lord Mayor Date: 1809 - 1887

Jacques Coeur
JACQUES COEUR French merchant who gained wealth through trading and manufacturing. Chancellor to King Charles VII; in charge of royal finances. Date: 1395 - 1456

Georg Fugger / Banker
GEORG FUGGER German financier and merchant; son of the founder of the firm, Jakob Fugger I. Leased the Roman mint (1508-15). Date: 1453 - 1506

Two Chinese merchants, and merchants wife
Two Chinese merchants, one in summer dress, the other in winter dress, and a merchants wife. Date: circa 1770

Sir Brook Watson escaping from the jaws of a shark
Miraculous escape of Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (1735-1807), merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London, from the jaws of a shark during his boyhood. He lost his right leg below the knee

Womens Charabanc Tour - Salisbury
A utterly magnificent photograph of a Womens Charabanc Tour (Work Outing?) to Salisbury - leaving from outside the T. Parker Wine Merchants

Shakespeare quotation on a Christmas card (inside pages) -- I wish you all the joy that you can wish (The Merchant of Venice). With a colourful spray of flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Firefighters in action at a fire in a merchants yard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Stationery, H M Smeath, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, H M Smeath, Wine Merchant, Victoria Square, Truro, Cornwall, with an advertisement for Rogers Ales and Stouts, Bristol, and handwritten details below. 1916

New Caisson for the East and West India Dock Company - intended to divide the East and West India Export Dock from the basin - built by Messrs

London Docks - St Catherines and West India Docks - map/plan views Date: circa 1855

Cartoon, Its very simple, WW1
Cartoon, Its very simple. A coal merchant tells a poor family that if they think his coal is too expensive, then they should do what he does, and burn wood instead. Date: 1916

Merchant Street, Rangoon
A view of Merchant Street in Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon), in Burma (Myanmar) during the period of British rule Date: 1869

Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook
The Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook, North London, designed by Mr G. Somers. Date: 1863

Royal Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Bearwood, Wokingham
The main frontage of the Royal Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Bearwood, near Wokingham, Berkshire

WW1 - Sinking Svionia the merchantman - Baltics Sea, 1915
WW1 - The first German merchant ship victim Svionia, was sunk by the gunfire off Sassnitz in the western Baltic. The men from two smaller boats and a submarine

WW1 - German aircraft views the English Navy - North Sea
WW1 - A German illustration of a battle in the North Sea showing a German aircraft beating-off the English Navy. Three enemy merchant-vessels are being destroyed

Friedrichshafen FF 33E German plane on ships hoist
Friedrichshafen FF 33E German scout plane (serial no. 841), nicknamed the Wolfchen (Baby Wolf), seen here on a ships hoist on 6 March 1918

Arabian merchant with tattoos in turban, striped cape and slippers.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Armenian merchant in hat, jacket, pantaloons, slippers and sash belt.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

London merchants wife, 1640.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages (1796)

Rich London merchant, 1588.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages (1796)

Dress of a French merchant, 1626.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages (1796)

Nobleman from the Dutch provinces, 1586, and a Dutch merchants wife, 1640.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Young merchant of Brabant playing a lute, 1588, and a soldier from Holland with arquebus, 1588.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of

Merchants wife from Denmark.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages, 1837

Straw hat seller, Paris, early 19th century.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis-Marie Lante from Tradeswomen of Paris, Paris, 1823

Costume of a shrimp merchant at St Valery en
Costume of a shrimp merchant at St. Valery en Caux. The old tower in the background is now an inn.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Costume of a fish merchant at St Valery en
Costume of a fish merchant at St. Valery en Caux. She wears a simple bonnet in toile.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Costumes of China: tiger guard, monk, barber and bird fishermen.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Costume of Pervenche, nouveau riche wife of a merchant.. Costume of Pervenche, nouveau riche wife of a merchant. She wears a Primerose headdress of fanchon bonnet, Egyptian cameo and plumes

Manor Cars - House made of Trams, Great Cowden, Hull, Englan
Manor Cars - House made of Trams, Great Cowden, Hull, near Hornsea/Aldbrough, Yorkshire, England. Built C1906 by a Bradford wool merchant, lost due to coastal erosion in the 1920s. Date: 1907

Coal-merchant & Cart, Unknown location, England. Date: 1900s

Nefeli wrecked at Dollar Cove, Lands End
A cargo ship, the Nefeli, wrecked at Dollar Cove, near Lands End, Cornwall, October 1972. 1972

Sir John Hawkins - English shipbuilder, naval commander
Sir John Hawkins (15321595) - English shipbuilder, naval administrator and commander, merchant, navigator, pirate and slave trader. Date: circa 1580s

The Merchant Venturers College - Unity Street, Bristol, Bristol County, England. Showing Fire Damage Date: 1907

WW2 Christmas card, Convoy, by Frank Mason. Date: 1939

A Union Castle Company Ocean Liner at Cape Town, South Africa being loaded with the glorious fruits of the country and other cargo prior to her homeward journey to England (the Mother Country !)

John Cabot receives charter from King Henry VII
John Cabot and his sons receive the charter from King Henry VII to sail in search of new lands. Date: 1496

MS Wanganella, Australian passenger liner that served as a hospital ship during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

FRANCE. Semur-en-Auxois. Church of Notre-Dame. Detail of the Window of the Cloth Merchant. French school. 15th c. Drapers trade. Gothic art. Glass window

PEREZ DE HITA, Gin鳠(1544-1619). Spanish Golden
PEREZ DE HITA, Gin鳠 (1544-1619). Spanish Golden Age writer. Cover of the book Historia de los bandos de los zegr� y abencerrajes, caballeros moros de Granada

A mes bons naves naves. The Merchant of turnips. Belongs to the genre le Cris de Paris that illustrates street vendors of Paris. Woodcut, ca 1500. Early Modern Era. Engraving. FRANCE

Turkish merchant. Watercolour. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Museo Correr

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