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Millicent Collection

Background imageMillicent Collection: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON (1836 - 1917), physician, womens rights supporter & the first woman to be elected mayor. She was the sister of Millicent Fawcett

Background imageMillicent Collection: Womens Suffrage Millicent Fawcett

Womens Suffrage Millicent Fawcett
Photograph shows Millicent Garrett Fawcett ahead of a banner proclaiming Woman Citizens Mrs

Background imageMillicent Collection: Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby

Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides pictured in a garden in the spring raking the grass and planting seeds

Background imageMillicent Collection: Tatler cover: Duchess of Sutherland

Tatler cover: Duchess of Sutherland
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [ne Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955), society hostess and social reformer

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent Duncan, early woman police officer

Millicent Duncan, early woman police officer
Millicent Duncan, an early woman police officer. Date: 1910s

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland returns from the front, WW1

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland returns from the front, WW1
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, pictured at the Hague with her party of nurses after they had returned from the heavily bombarded town of Namur where they had set up a hospital

Background imageMillicent Collection: Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby

Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides sit in a picturesque garden knitting socks and comforters after their exertions gardening

Background imageMillicent Collection: Girls and their toy horse

Girls and their toy horse - Two girls in the garden giving their dolly a ride on the wooden horse. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

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Two early women police officers -- one of them is Millicent Duncan (right). Date: 1910s

Background imageMillicent Collection: Picking Apples by Millicent Sowerby

Picking Apples by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides and a brownie lend a hand by picking apples in a picturesque orchard

Background imageMillicent Collection: Cuddling pussy

Cuddling pussy - Young girl in the garden giving the cat a hug. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent Fawcett speaking at end of pilgrimage march, 1913

Millicent Fawcett speaking at end of pilgrimage march, 1913
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

Background imageMillicent Collection: Colour The Townscape Supplement

Colour The Townscape Supplement
A supplement page for Colour The Townscape. The four images show how the use of colour can brighten up and rejuvenate our towns, shops include F. Kingsley, L. Chapman, Millicent, and Lillian Rose

Background imageMillicent Collection: The Barbers Shop

The Barbers Shop
Children at play. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent Garrett Fawcett, suffragist leader

Millicent Garrett Fawcett, suffragist leader
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (Mrs Henry Fawcett LLD, 1847-1929), British suffragist leader. Date: circa 1908

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent Fawcett

Millicent Fawcett
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

Background imageMillicent Collection: International Woman Suffrage Alliance of Officers

International Woman Suffrage Alliance of Officers
International gathering of well-known workers for womens franchise: prominent representatives of the suffrage societies who attended the international woman suffrage alliance board of officers

Background imageMillicent Collection: Dreaming of toyland

Dreaming of toyland
Young girl doing her school work but dreaming of playing with her toys. Date: circa 1904

Background imageMillicent Collection: All the king d horses

All the king d horses
Children marching along with their toys. Date: circa 1904

Background imageMillicent Collection: Buying a wooden horse

Buying a wooden horse
Little girl standing at the counter about to pay the shopkeeper. Date: circa 1904

Background imageMillicent Collection: Dipping a toe in the water

Dipping a toe in the water
Victorian child coming out of a bathing machine and venturing into the sea. Date: circa 1904

Background imageMillicent Collection: Bathing the new doll

Bathing the new doll - Sisters washing the new doll in the bathtub. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Collecting hens eggs

Collecting hens eggs - Young girl in the farmyard proudly collecting fresh eggs from the hens. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1927

Background imageMillicent Collection: Playing in the garden

Playing in the garden - Children with their dolls playing in the garden wave to mother through the kitchen window. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Canaries in a cage

Canaries in a cage - Two pretty young girls gazing at two canaries in a cage. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Frozen lamb

Frozen lamb - Two children out in a snowy field rescue a frozen lamb. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Playing with chicks

Playing with chicks - Children by the river bank amused by tiny ducklings. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1927

Background imageMillicent Collection: Dreaming

Dreaming - Young girl doing her homework but dreaming about her toys. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageMillicent Collection: Shopping for mother

Shopping for mother - Young girl at the counter of the local general store. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

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Children and dolls - Two young children with their dolls and dolls house. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

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Soft water butt - Elder sister lifts her baby brother up to examine the spout of the soft water butt in tront of some curious white ducks. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1930

Background imageMillicent Collection: Girl and her pets

Girl and her pets - Young girl in the garden, playing with her cat, kittens and puppy. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1930

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Children and kitten - Children showing the fluffy new kitten to baby on his bed. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1930

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Boy and a toy horse - Young boy on nursemaids knee playing with his wooden horse. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Wendy house

Wendy house - Group of children knocking at the door of a Wendy house. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Feeding babies

Feeding babies - Elder sister giving baby in his high chair, his nighttime feed, while his brother is drinking a mug of milk. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1930

Background imageMillicent Collection: Feeding pigeons

Feeding pigeons - Two young girls feeding a white dove under a rose tree while other pigeons look on. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Child with a kitten

Child with a kitten - Young child in his cot is introduced to a black kitten by his elder sister. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageMillicent Collection: Dog in disgrace

Dog in disgrace - Young girl scolds her pup who has eaten one of her books. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageMillicent Collection: Making sandcastles

Making sandcastles - Children at play on the beach, sailing boats, making sand pies. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

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Goodnight - Mother and children at bedtime, cuddling and saying goodnight. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageMillicent Collection: Spring is coming

Spring is coming - Waken O World - it is Spring!. Stirring image of a young girl playing a violin to herald the coming of Spring. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1913

Background imageMillicent Collection: The Earth Manikin

The Earth Manikin - Scene from The Earth Manikin. Three daughters of the king tempted by forbidden apples take a bite and disappear into another world. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

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Little Brother and Sister - Scene from Little Brother and Sister. Little Sister espies her brother transformed into a deer having drunk bewithched water in the forest

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The Six Swans - Scene from The Six Swans. Elsa, throwing shirts over her brothers to permit them to regain their human form. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

Background imageMillicent Collection: Jorinda and Yoringal

Jorinda and Yoringal - Scene from Jorinda and Yoringal. Yoringal about to touch the witch with the magic flower to make her evil magic leave her. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

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Iron Hans - Scene from Iron Hans. Iron Hans locked in a cage for public view. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

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Spirit of the Pond - Scene from The Spirit of the Pond. The millers wife sees her husbands head appear in the millpond. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

Background imageMillicent Collection: Red Cap (Red Riding Hood)

Red Cap (Red Riding Hood) - Scene from Red Cap. Red Cap arrives at her grandmothers cottage. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

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Grimms Fairy Tales - Cover illustration of a winged fairy to Grimms Fairy Tales published by Grant Richards. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

Background imageMillicent Collection: Womens Suffrage Pilgrimage of July 1913 was a peaceful march in Ealing and Hyde Park

Womens Suffrage Pilgrimage of July 1913 was a peaceful march in Ealing and Hyde Park, London

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OXFORD UNI UNION FAWCETT
Millicent Garret Fawcett speaks at the Oxford Union; the first woman to do so Date: November 1908

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Children & books
Children reading in the library. Artist IMJ (Ivy Millicent James) Date: 1916

Background imageMillicent Collection: Cinderella by Millicent Sowerby

Cinderella by Millicent Sowerby. At last the happy day arrived. A fairy tale by Charles Perrault Date: 1923

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent Garrett Fawcett, suffragist

Millicent Garrett Fawcett, suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

Background imageMillicent Collection: Child & basket of lamons

Child & basket of lamons
A young girl being shown a basketful of lemons. Date: 1922

Background imageMillicent Collection: Dog training

Dog training
Young girl in medaeval costume training her King Charles spaniel. Date: 1922

Background imageMillicent Collection: Knucklebones

Knucklebones
Young medaeval lad playing knucklebones while two ladies look on. Date: 1922

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Children skating in winter
Xmas. Boy and girl skating on the ice in a winter scene. Date: 1907

Background imageMillicent Collection: Boy & a lute

Boy & a lute
Young boy in medaeval dress with a lute seranading his love. Date: 1922

Background imageMillicent Collection: Young girl with Xmas pudding

Young girl with Xmas pudding
A young girl in medaeval costume carrying a large Xmas pudding. Date: 1922

Background imageMillicent Collection: Children playing with flowers

Children playing with flowers
Young child in medaeval dress having a garland of flowers threaded into her hair. Date: 1922

Background imageMillicent Collection: Fawcett Cambridge Home

Fawcett Cambridge Home
The home of HENRY and MILLICENT FAWCETT at 18 Brookside, where he died. Date: 1884

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Henry Fawcett and Wife
HENRY FAWCETT - Blind English statesman, helped by his wife, Millicent (nee Garrett) Date: 1847 - 1884

Background imageMillicent Collection: Illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler

Illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler
Black and white illustration by Millicent Sowerby in the Tatler of 1st December 1909

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland as Red Cross nurse

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland as Red Cross nurse
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], Duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer

Background imageMillicent Collection: Desdemona

Desdemona
Pub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Shakespeares Heroines series. Desdemona from Othello. Artist: Amy Millicent Sowerby Date: 1922

Background imageMillicent Collection: Society greyhound racing enthusiasts

Society greyhound racing enthusiasts
Greyhound racing enthusiasts - lady owners of dogs in 1927 just as the sport was gaining widespread popularity among society

Background imageMillicent Collection: Pulling an Xmas cracker

Pulling an Xmas cracker
Young girl anticipates the crackers loud bang as she pulls it with her brother. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

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Christmas roses
A young girl in red & green dress, scarf & bonnet amidst a winter scene carrying posies of white roses. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett. Mrs. Henry Fawcett (1847-1929) portrait. Date: circa 1908

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland by Madame Yevonde

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland by Madame Yevonde
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer

Background imageMillicent Collection: Henry Fawcett

Henry Fawcett (1833 1884) British economist, politician & Cambridge professor, accidentally blinded. Husband of Millicent Garrett Fawcatt

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland as a nurse during WWI

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland as a nurse during WWI
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], Duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer

Background imageMillicent Collection: Marchioness of Headfort with daughter in uniform, WW1

Marchioness of Headfort with daughter in uniform, WW1
The Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective

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Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland as a nurse, Tatler cover, W
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer

Background imageMillicent Collection: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer. Date: c.1905

Background imageMillicent Collection: Three duchesses doing war work, WW1

Three duchesses doing war work, WW1
Three duchesses doing war work at the start of the First World War

Background imageMillicent Collection: Children feeding swans

Children feeding swans
Children on a riverbank feeding swans. Front cover of Happy Days Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Christmas. Children pulling a sled

Christmas. Children pulling a sled
Children in festive mood playing in the snow. Front cover of Merry Days Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

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Girl at a letterbox
A young girl with her dogs posting letters. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Girl collecting eggs from the hens

Girl collecting eggs from the hens
Young farm girl carrying a basket of new laid eggs. Front cover of Little Chicks Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Background imageMillicent Collection: Children pulling a sleigh

Children pulling a sleigh
Christmas scene. Excited children pulling a holly-laden sleigh through the town. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1915

Background imageMillicent Collection: Winter scene. Feeding robins

Winter scene. Feeding robins
Young girls sweeping snow from a garden path take time off to feed the robind. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1922



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