Penelope Collection

Freda Dudley Ward and her children
Freda Dudley Ward photographed with her two daughters, Penelope and Angela. Winifred (Freda) Dudley Ward, nee Birkin, was the mistress of the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales

Odysseus returns to his wife Penelope
Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope, and his dog, Argos

Peggy Prince received an M.B.E. after making two journeys out to sea in a canoe in order to rescue the crew of a crashed bomber, saving the wireless operators life. 1940

Odysseus & Penelope
Having killed the Suitors, the hero Odysseus (Ulysses) embraces his faithful wife, Penelope, while two adoring maids watch them

Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope

Busts of seven principal heroes of the Trojan War. From left to right: Menelaus, Paris, Diomedes, Ulysses, Nestor, Achilles and Agamemnon. Sette principali Eroi della Guerra Trojana

Odyssey / Penelope / Gorguet
Penelope with her maids, weaving a shroud for her father-in-law. (She unravelled this every night because she had promised to chose one of her Suitors as soon as it was completed)

Viscountess Harcourt and daughters by Madame Yevonde
Viscountess Harcourt and two daughters by Madame Yevonde. She was the wife of the 2nd Viscount Harcourt. Her daughters are the Hon. Elizabeth Ann Harcourt (b. 1932) and the Hon

Odysseus Slays Suitors
Throwing off his disguise and stringing his bow, which none of the men could string, Odysseus (Ulysses) kills the Suitors of his wife Penelope, at Ithaca

Penelope Brings the Bow
At Ithaca, Odysseus despondent wife Penelope and her maids bring Odysseus bow to the Suitors. If any of them are strong enough to string it, they win her hand

Penelope Embroidering
at work on her embroidery, which she will unstitch at night to avoid remarriage; Odysseus faithful dog Argus, at her side, awaits, as she does, his masters return

Miss Penelope Pike by Madame Yevonde
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a photograph of Miss Penelope Pike who had just announced her engagement to the elder son of the Marquess and Marchioness of Zetland

WW2 - Silver For A Wedding
A WW2 children's short story illustration depicting a scene in which Penelope Rivers admires her reflection, as she tries on her wedding dress. Date: circa 1940s

Two children in garden of Oddington House, Gloucestershire
Two Talbot Rice children (David Arthur and Cecil Penelope) in the garden of Oddington House, near Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, October 1935 Date: 1935

Two young children at Hampton Court Castle, Herefordshire
Two Talbot Rice children, sister and brother, Cecil Penelope, standing, and David Arthur as a toddler, seated in a fine perambulator, at Hampton Court Castle, Herefordshire - September 1932

Two Talbot Rice children with their Nurse, Oddington House
Two young Talbot Rice children, David Arthur standing up in his fine (and large!) baby carriage, Cecil Penelope standing alongside, in the grounds of Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh

Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh, children and nurses on la
A party at Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire - Cecil Penelope Talbot Rice (C) with two nurses and a younger child on the lawn - Summertime. Date: 1932

Children with their nurses and prams at Oddington House
Three young children with their nurses and fantastic perambulators (real and toy!) on the lawn at Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Two young siblings, one standing in a fine baby carriage
Two young siblings, David Arthur Talbot Rice standing up in his fine (and large!) baby carriage, with his sister Cecil Penelope standing behind, in the grounds of Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh

Large family group by front entrance of Oddington House
A large family group by the front entrance of Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. The children's nurse stands on the far left and a pair of very fine perambulators are ready

Two young children, a pony and their nurse - Oddington House
Two young Talbot Rice children (brother and sister, David Arthur and Cecil Penelope) with a pony, accompanied by their nurse (Nurse Dunning) - Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

A young girl with her beautiful toy pram - Oddington House
A young girl (Cecil Penelope Talbot Rice) with her beautiful toy pram on the laws at Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. Date: 1932

Two young siblings playing with a beautiful toy pram
Two young Talbot Rice children (brother and sister, David Arthur and Cecil Penelope) playing with a beautiful toy pram on the lawns at Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. Date: 1932

Two young children with the Gardener at Oddington House
Two young Talbot Rice children (brother and sister, David Arthur and Cecil Penelope) with the Gardener / Keeper of the Grounds, George Whyton

Allegorical representation of Greece by Choiseul-Gouffier. She sits with her arm on the tomb of Leonidas, in front of funeral monuments including Simonides of Ceoss poem to the 300 Spartans who died

The marriage of Penelope and Ulysses. Nozze di Penelope e di Ulisse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Pronaos or vestibules of the Temple of Zeus
View of the front 1 and rear 2 pronaos or vestibule of the Temple of Zeus or Jupiter, Mount Olympus. Pronao anteriore del Tempio di Giove Olimpico

Penelope and her attendants spinning thread
A depiction of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, with her attendants. Penelope sits on a chair at work on a thread. A servant takes away a mirror, and another brings todays cloth

American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, and Spixs guan, Penelope jacquacu

Kalij pheasant, curassow, and guan
Kalij pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos 1, great curassow, Crax rubra, male 2, female 3, endangered helmeted curassow, Pauxi pauxi 4, and band-tailed guan, Penelope argyrotis 5

Odysseus presenting his wife Penelope with his bow and quiver of arrows. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

DUCIMO ABOARD PENELOPE
The Admiral receiving King Ducimo (West Africa) and his entourage on board The Penelope, off Lagos Date: 1854

Penelope - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Penelope - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

The 1958 Season - list of parties and balls in The Tatler
Brilliant vista of last Royal season. Double page spread from The Tatler magazine listing some of the coming out dances and debutante cocktail parties for the 1958 London Season - significant in

Freda Dudley Ward and daughters
Mrs W. Dudley Ward, wife of the lieutenant commander in teh R.N.R. and M.P. for Southampton. WINIFRED FREDA DUDLEY WARD, NEE BIRKIN (1894-1983)

Calypso & Odysseus
Calypso takes pity on homesick Odysseus and agrees to allow him to return to his wife, Penlope. "

Landing of the sailors of the Penelope in Blockhaus, the March 15, 1849. Grand-Bassam. Ivory Coast. Drawing by M. Calve. Colored engraving

Wedding of Lt. Micheal Milne-Home and Penelope Coulter
A photograph showing Lt. Michael Milne-Home and Penelope Coulter enjoying a glass of champagne on their wedding day. Date: 18th April 1962

The Ladys Lodge - Palladium Rite
Initiation ceremony of the Companion of Penelope. The betrayed brother reproaches both Penelope and Lucrece. 1890s

HMS Penelope, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Penelope, British Arethusa-class light cruiser, launched 1914, served with the 5th LCS (Harwich Force) during the early part of the First World War, decommissioned 1924

Penelope Dudley Ward and Brendan Bracken
Actress Penelope Dudley Ward (1914-1982) and MP Brendan Bracken(1901-1958)at the London Casino opening night

Penelope Dudley-Ward
PENELOPE DUDLEY-WARD English actress. Elder daughter of Right Hon. William and Mrs. Dudley Ward

Penelope & the Suitors
Penelope, the faithful wife of Odysseus, is surprised by her Suitors, whilst weaving at her loom with her maid at her home in Ithaca

Odysseus Attacks Suitors
Odysseus shoots the first arrow at the suitors who have tried in vain to woo Penelope while he has been away

Penelope by W Somerset Maugham
Promotional postcard for Penelope by W. Somerset Maugham. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, 9th January 1909. For the Hutchinson Companys tour to Theatre Royal, Bath, 1st November 1909. Date: 1909

Lady Moss jumping a table on ice skates
Lady (Penelope) Moss, the expert skater jumping a table at which sit Miss Moss and Mr Eric Muirsmith, while practising for the Murren Ice Gymkhana. Date: 1928

Lady Penelope Hervey
LADY PENELOPE HERVEY (nee Darcy) wife of (1) sir George Trenchard, (2) sir John Gage, (3) sir William Hervey of Ickworth : this picture done when she was on her second. Date: ? - 1661

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