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Pike Collection

Background imagePike Collection: Jim Pike, Australian jockey, on his horse, Phar Lap

Jim Pike, Australian jockey, on his horse, Phar Lap
James Edward (Jim) Pike (1892-1969), Australian jockey, on his horse, Phar Lap (1926-1932). circa 1931-1932

Background imagePike Collection: A Selection of Fish

A Selection of Fish
An assortment of fish: 1. sharp-nosed eel, 2. blunt-nosed eel, 3. burbot, 4. lamprey, 5. lampern, 6. chub, 7. perch, 8. roach, 9. bream, 10. rudd, 11. Prussian carp, 12. Crucian carp, 13. tench, 14

Background imagePike Collection: Rivington Pike, Lancashire

Rivington Pike, Lancashire
Rivington Place, Lancashire, viewed from Blackrod Date: circa 1830

Background imagePike Collection: A Pike and a Perch

A Pike and a Perch
A pike and a perch

Background imagePike Collection: Clan Farquharson

Clan Farquharson
clan FARQUHARSON holding a pike

Background imagePike Collection: Ambleside and Wansfell Pike

Ambleside and Wansfell Pike by A. de Breanski, Junr

Background imagePike Collection: Joan the Maid - Kay Nielsen. The Most Noble Warrior Saint in the Christian Calendar

Joan the Maid - Kay Nielsen. The Most Noble Warrior Saint in the Christian Calendar. Date: 1924

Background imagePike Collection: Dufton Pike, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria

Dufton Pike, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England. Date: 1920s

Background imagePike Collection: Annotated postcard showing Lake District Peaks

Annotated postcard showing Lake District Peaks, Cumbria - Crummock, Honister Crag, Whiteless Pike, High Stile and Buttermere all feature. Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePike Collection: The Queen inspects pikemen and musketeers

The Queen inspects pikemen and musketeers
The Queen inspecting the pikemen and musketeers of the Honourable Artillery Company at Armoury House. Date: 1955

Background imagePike Collection: Recruitment / Callot

Recruitment / Callot
Potential raw recruits are given the once over before they take the Kings shilling. Experienced troops on parade look dashing to encourage & lure those in two-minds

Background imagePike Collection: Medieval weapons

Medieval weapons: Dull swords or kolben for the Kolbenturnier 302, pike 303, halberd 304, partisan 305, wooden battle hammer 306, iron battle hammer 307, lance with crooked spike 308

Background imagePike Collection: Geoffrey Haig Pike, test pilot, de Havilland

Geoffrey Haig Pike, test pilot, de Havilland, alongside a de Havilland Vampire

Background imagePike Collection: English attack on Puerto Rico, Battle of San Juan, June 1598

English attack on Puerto Rico, Battle of San Juan, June 1598, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1598

Background imagePike Collection: Miss Penelope Pike by Madame Yevonde

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

Background imagePike Collection: A stuffed and mounted Polar Bear at Somerleyton Hall near Lowerstoft

A stuffed and mounted Polar Bear at Somerleyton Hall near Lowerstoft, one of 57 bears shot in five weeks at Spitzbergen and in no-mans land by Sir Savile Crossley and Mr Arnold Pike. Date: 1905

Background imagePike Collection: Climbing Scawfell Pinnacle, Lake District

Climbing Scawfell Pinnacle, Lake District Date: 19th century

Background imagePike Collection: Vatican City, Rome, Italy - Swiss Guard in Ceremonial Costum

Vatican City, Rome, Italy - Swiss Guard in Ceremonial Costume Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePike Collection: Friar's Crag, Derwentwater, Lake District, Cumbria

Friar's Crag, Derwentwater, Lake District, Cumbria
Friar's Crag, Derwentwater and Causey Pike, Lake District, Cumbria - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imagePike Collection: Topley Pike, Buxton, Derbyshire

Topley Pike, Buxton, Derbyshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imagePike Collection: Four types of old Infantry Uniforms, 1750-1835

Four types of old Infantry Uniforms, 1750-1835
Four types of old Infantry Uniforms, Private (1750), Officer (1780), Sergeant (1807), Private (1835) Date: 1750-1835

Background imagePike Collection: Mercenary soldiers. Landsknechte

Mercenary soldiers. Landsknechte. Engraving after etching by Daniel Hopfer, 1530. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Background imagePike Collection: Dr Richard A Pike, IMechE Director General and Secretary

Dr Richard A Pike, IMechE Director General and Secretary
Portrait of Dr Richard A Pike, IMechE Director General and Secretary, 1993-1998. Date: circa 1998

Background imagePike Collection: Charles the Bold (1433-1477). Allegory of the death of Cha

Charles the Bold (1433-1477). Allegory of the death of Cha
Charles the Bold (1433-1477). Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477). Allegory of the death of Charles the Bold. 15th century. Miniature of Le Chevalier deliberate. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Background imagePike Collection: Book of the Tournament. Knight on horseback and armed with s

Book of the Tournament. Knight on horseback and armed with spears. Miniature. Fol. 40 v. 15th century Vatican Apostolic Library. Italy

Background imagePike Collection: Rorqual Whale captured in the River Dart, Devon 1856

Rorqual Whale captured in the River Dart, Devon 1856
Pike-headed rorqual whale being attacked by a local cottager on the north shore of Millbay Creek, River Dart. The whale had beached itself when the tide fell

Background imagePike Collection: THE DAY'S CATCH

THE DAY'S CATCH
The Day's Catch - freshly caught pike in the front of a boat on the Norfolk Broads, England. Date: 1960s

Background imagePike Collection: A Yeoman of the Guard on duty at the Tower of London Date: circa 1870

A Yeoman of the Guard on duty at the Tower of London Date: circa 1870

Background imagePike Collection: Pike

Pike by H.J. Oliver

Background imagePike Collection: Crummock Water and Whiteless Pike

Crummock Water and Whiteless Pike by A. de Breanski, Junr

Background imagePike Collection: Painted decorative box from the late 15th century

Painted decorative box from the late 15th century
Painted decorative box showing the Judgment of Paris from the late 15th century. Paris in gold suit of armour lies before Mercury in red robes and three naked goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite

Background imagePike Collection: Carriage of Baron de Capellen in Queen Victoria s

Carriage of Baron de Capellen in Queen Victoria s
Carriage of Baron de Capellen, Ambassador Extraordinary to the King of the Netherlands, in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Background imagePike Collection: Governor Landenberg, medieval Switzerland

Governor Landenberg, medieval Switzerland. The local peasants present him with customary gifts of chickens, goats, and baskets of wool. Balio di Landerberg

Background imagePike Collection: 44th Regiment at Gundamuck

44th Regiment at Gundamuck
In 1841 the 44th was in Kabul where uprising endangered the garrison. Constantly attacked, without shelter or food, the force waded in deep snow through narrow passes for four days trying to reach

Background imagePike Collection: Stepping stones on the River Duddon, Lake District

Stepping stones on the River Duddon, Lake District
Stepping stones on the River Duddon, Cumbria. The river, which flows south-westwards through the Lake District, inspired Wordsworth to write several poems, including a series of sonnets. Date: 1843

Background imagePike Collection: River Duddon at Cockley Beck Bridge, Lake District

River Duddon at Cockley Beck Bridge, Lake District
View of the River Duddon at Cockley Beck Bridge, Cumbria. The river, which flows south-westwards through the Lake District, inspired Wordsworth to write several poems, including a series of sonnets

Background imagePike Collection: Source of the River Duddon, Lake District

Source of the River Duddon, Lake District
Source of the River Duddon, at the Pike of Blisco, Cumbria. The river, which flows south-westwards through the Lake District, inspired Wordsworth to write several poems

Background imagePike Collection: Northern pike and garfish

Northern pike and garfish
Northern pike, Esox lucius 117, and sea needle or garfish, Belone belone 118. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Background imagePike Collection: Damsel fish, ringtail pike cichlid and redbreasted wrasse

Damsel fish, ringtail pike cichlid and redbreasted wrasse
Damsel fish, Sparus chromis, ringtail pike cichlid, Crenicichla saxatilis, and redbreasted wrasse, Cheilinus fasciatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Sr

Background imagePike Collection: An Officer of Pikemen in military uniform, 17th century

An Officer of Pikemen in military uniform, 17th century
An Officer of Pikemen in military uniform of helmet, breastplate armour, sash, breeches, hose with sword and pike. Copperplate engraving by N.C

Background imagePike Collection: Exercise of the double-armed man with bow and pike

Exercise of the double-armed man with bow and pike.. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

Background imagePike Collection: Military exercises of the pike

Military exercises of the pike. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

Background imagePike Collection: Garfish or sea needle, Belone belone

Garfish or sea needle, Belone belone (Sea pike or gar-fish, Esox belone). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Background imagePike Collection: Atlantic saury, Scomberesox saurus saurus

Atlantic saury, Scomberesox saurus saurus (Skipper pike, Esox saurus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Background imagePike Collection: Northern pike, Esox lucius

Northern pike, Esox lucius. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808

Background imagePike Collection: Pike, Northern Pike, Esox lucius

Pike, Northern Pike, Esox lucius
Pike, Northern Pike, Esox Lucius. Date: 1842

Background imagePike Collection: FRENCH VEILLEUR DE NUIT

FRENCH VEILLEUR DE NUIT
A French VEILLEUR DE NUIT - night watchman - patrols the city streets with lantern and pike Date: 16th century

Background imagePike Collection: NORMAN SOLDIER ON HORSE

NORMAN SOLDIER ON HORSE
Norman soldier on horseback with pike and shield



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